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    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill based on the Report that I have read. This is a House of Debate. It is not a House of rumors. It is unacceptable for a Member to mislead the House. Going through the Report, in line with Article 118 of the Constitution, there is no way a Bill can be allowed to come for Second Reading without the Committee’s report on public participation. I have been reading this keenly. When you go through this Report, particularly the executive summary on the public participation that was done by the Committee, you will realise that LAPFUND was there, the county assemblies forum was there, the CoG was there, and more importantly, the National Treasury was there. There is nowhere in the Report that shows that the National Treasury rejected the report. It is not proper for the Member to come to this Floor and mislead us. You must table facts and that is how people will respect you. This is a House of debate. I support this because I have documents which I can table. We know that when people retire, they become so vulnerable. I see former Members of Parliament who retired or were rejected languishing in poverty. The pension fund is very critical. The Report is in line with what Hon. Wangari has said. She was formally in the Senate and she handled this matter in line with Section 142 of the County Government Act. It is recognizing LAPTRUST as the umbrella body. We should look for a way of harmonising this. Such an incident happened last time when I proposed a Bill on the Political Parties Fund. As we move on, we should harmonise this. This scheme already exists. It will be a waste of resources to start a new one, but when there is a difference in line with our Standing Orders, there is a provision for mediation. I have just been consulting my leader here. Since the other Bill has not been debated yet in the Senate, we can look for a framework on how they can come together for purposes of improvement so that we can move together in a harmonised manner. This Bill proposes a board of trustees which will have a representative of the CoG, the Public Service Commission, the county public service boards, the county assembly service boards and other nominees from county governments. This shows that the board is all inclusive. On matters pension, you must have an all-inclusive board that will represent the different stakeholders. I am requesting the Members, where there is an issue, we should try to harmonise. My friend, Hon. Seronei, whom I respect so much, has just come and presented a report to me that this was rejected. Looking at the Report, it is not authenticated. A report can only be authenticated if it is signed. Looking at 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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