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    "id": 862317,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862317/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I am trying to ventilate is that this Bill has undergone a lot of scrutiny in terms of expert input. I would urge the Members of this honourable House to consider the input that has been done by those other institutions. They may be erroneous; I am not saying that they bind this House. However, I am trying to convince Members that, indeed, there was a lot of stakeholder involvement in the processing of this Bill. Therefore, we need to take that into account. Most importantly, we need to know the history of these two institutions, that is, the Local Authorities Pensions Trust (LAPTRUST) and the Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND). The LAPTRUST was created way back in 1926 or thereabout. Upon Kenya gaining Independence, it was created through a legal notice in 1963. Since that time there has never been an enabling statute which created the entity called the LAPTRUST. Secondly, it has also been a fund that pays workers periodically, which is positive, but on the other hand, it has tended to look at the upper cadre of employees of the local The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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