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    "id": 858892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support the Bill. After so much heat, I would like to try and moderate this situation. This Bill is going to create an opportunity for people to get their pensions managed centrally across the counties in this country. It is an important step in enhancing devolution. It is basically righting the wrongs and further the implementation of the Constitution. The counties drew officers from all over the country. Most of the officers are moving towards their retirement age. There is need for us to give provisions that are reliable and dependable, so that they can rely on them. This Bill provides that platform. I would like to mention one thing concerning the two institutions that are being mentioned in this House. This Bill is creating a new institution called the Counties Pensions Scheme. This is an institution that is going to merge the two and create sanity in what has been happening. It does not seem to give prominence against the other. The retirees are suffering from management of their issues. Some of them ought to have been prepared enough to start a life after retirement. Therefore, a reliable pension scheme is important. However, we need to be cautious with some of these Bills. The Bill provides that the fund should be invested somewhere else. It is not clear where the revenue from the investment is going to be used. We would, therefore, propose that this money goes back to the National Treasury as Appropriation in Aid. Looking at the architecture of the scheme itself, it seems to be quite promising that it will deliver what is required to be delivered across the country in all the counties. So, the Bill stands a chance to resolve the problems that exist. Passing such a law will give confidence to county government workers at all levels and therefore, enable them to receive their money after retirement. One of the problems that we have in this country is payment of money to the aged. This is not necessarily linked to this Bill, but there is need for us to look at that more carefully. Those who are over 70 years old have a lot of problems getting their money. This scheme needs to resolve such problems to make sure that it is smooth and it is easy to access the money. 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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