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    "id": 853083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I have been amazed about the argument going on between the two Bills that are similar. I am of the view that actually if they are similar, then we need to agree that they are similar and then we can collapse them into one and acknowledge who actually came up with the Bill. That will come later, not now. At this point, there is need to contribute to this particular Bill even though it may be similar to the one sponsored by the Government. The other issue is about pension. When you talk about retirement, one thinks of going home to die. One time, I read an article about retirement and it was all about going home to die. Why do people look negatively at retirement? When you retire, you terminate your services, go home with no income, live in the rural areas and start suffering from diseases of old age. That is why people get so exposed to dying soon after retirement. That is why going home to die becomes the issue after retirement. That should not be the case. Retirement should be a time when you go home to live your last years comfortably and in a manner that does not reflect that you will be poor and have no services. The contributions that one makes during their working years should be properly managed and disbursed on time. The experiences we have had with old age in this country is that those who retire suffer. They suffer illnesses, do not have good food, live in bad houses, do not dress well and simply degenerate into a life that they never lived before during their working years. The money that we contribute during the years that we work should be managed adequately. The board that is created should be well-run. I like the idea that thinking about retirement at this time is important. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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