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    "id": 858950,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In response, I thank all the Members who contributed to the Bill. Their contributions have enriched the Bill. In particular, I congratulate Hon. Wanyonyi who noted that persons living with disability should retire at 65 years and not at 60 while we had stated that the retirement age of the pensioners – the members of this scheme - will be at 60 years. I wish to comment on one matter that was raised by Hon. Osotsi who said that the main purpose of this Bill is to assist certain cartels who are presumed to be running this scheme. He went ahead to mention a few companies. That is very unparliamentary and unprocedural because those people do not have the opportunity to respond to what was said. You must appreciate that Clause 30 of this Bill is very clear that all the monies that will be contributed by the pensioners and scheme members will be audited by the Auditor-General. Those will be public funds which will be exposed to audit every year by the Auditor-General. Therefore, public funds shall not go to waste. Quite a number of Members have supported this Bill. It will assist retirees to have something to fall back to on their 60th year once they retire. Of much persuasion to this House is what is currently happening with our previous councillors. I am certain that every Member has been approached by former councillors in his constituency. They seek to be paid their pension. That happens because when they were in active employment, their previous employers - the local government and the county authorities - were not remitting their pension contributions. That is the main purpose of the Bill. Those persons currently working in the counties will have something as a fall-back position and safety net once they retire. We must appreciate that we have taken care of our brothers in the Muslim world. That is why there is a provision for a Sharia Supervisory Committee that will advise the board on matters Sharia . This scheme will be run in tandem with the Muslim law and will not transgress against the faith and the denomination of Muslims. I urge this House to pass this Bill so that the people working in the county governments are taken care of once they retire. It will also bring in a welfare society in this country. That will..."
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