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    "id": 832944,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in supporting this great Motion. First, I want to thank the Mover, Sen. Kinyua, and our Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, for combing through the things that were not fulfilled by the arms of Government after the former Senate passed. I thank the former Committee for thinking about former councillors. This goes a long way in showing the sense of appreciation that this country must always have for people who have served in positions of leadership. When you become a leader in this country, there are expectations from the public. There are also the dos and don’ts. The dos include the service that you give to the community; once a leader, forever a leader. Our former councillors continue being invited to functions, harambees and other ceremonies as former councillors. In fact, the name “councillor” has not left them. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are also the don’ts. As a leader you are supposed to have; you are not among those who do not have. As a leader, you are not supposed to ask for bursaries or harambees. Our former councillors have become victims of the dos and don’ts of being a leader in our society. Therefore, it was a very noble idea that they must be given a long-term compensation for the work that they did. In any job, including house girls today, one must have savings for a pension through the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). It is because they must live after they have retired. It is, therefore, with great appreciation of the former Senate that I support this Motion; that our councillors should be taken care of, not just with a lump sum, but continuously so that they can do something for themselves. I do not support the proposal by the Senator for Kericho County that they should be given a lump sum only. This is because, then, they will fall under the Bill that the same Senator brought the other day; that we must take care of them at old age. We need to take care of them now and forever, instead of classifying and putting them in the cluster of the Bill asking urging us to appreciate them in old age. It is very important that somebody who has served society and the public is taken care of as they transit out of their jobs through a pension system."
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