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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. John Mbadi, the matter you have raised about former Members is receiving very active attention and consideration. It is only that if you go through the processes, it is not a function of the PSC. If you look at the wording of Article 127 of the Constitution, you will see it is not. But the matter is to be addressed by this House. It is this House which needs to look at the Parliamentary Pensions Act and propose appropriate amendments which will address that issue as contained in the Report by Justice Akiwumi and Justice Cocker in their Reports to Parliament. But of course, I wish to caution those proposing enactment of such a legislation, take advice from the technical staff, who will remind you what Hon. John Mbadi has just said; that there were certain categories in respect of whom certain action has been taken. Differentiate that category from the people Hon. John Mbadi is talking about – those who served between 1983 and 2002. I am saying this because I know there is a Member who is proposing such legislation. If you mix the two, you will miss the boat. The technical issue that has always hindered this thing from being actualised is the mixing of those two issues by hon. Members. Remember, between 1963 and 1983, there never existed a pension scheme. Therefore, you cannot import people who are never part of a scheme and mix them with those that were part of a scheme. That is a technical aspect that needs to be addressed by those proposing the legislation to address that area to avoid a situation of falling into some legal minds and others who will advise them. I do not want to name names. I know the Member who is making the proposal. I see the Member is looking at me in a suggestive manner. I am aware of the legislative proposal. It is receiving appropriate attention within our legal department. Hon. Katoo."
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