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    "id": 925339,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support what the Member has presented. Actually, it is unfortunate that when officers serving this country in different professions retire, it becomes very difficult for them to get what is due to them. More often than not, as Members of Parliament, from time to time, we are required to make follow-up with the institution which is managing pension schemes for public service. So, I think streamlining pension systems is very important. From the time county governments came into force, there has been a lot of confusion as to what happens to those who, for example, have been on the previous scheme with the civic authorities. We have also debated Bills in this House, but I fully agree with the Member that we need to consider streamlining the pension systems. There are a lot of issues when it comes to pensions. There is delay in payment of the dues. Once the monthly income that a civil servant is entitled to has been stopped after attaining the mandatory retirement age, normally it takes time before the pension is processed. Most of the time, many of our workers pass on in the process of following up their pension. Sometimes the next of kin have no knowledge on how they can follow-up the dues and they do not have knowledge on what their entitlement is. Therefore, I think this discussion is very timely. It is something that we need to think through and try to see how best we can harmonise the various laws including the ones which we have passed recently so that we can make sure our retirees do not suffer the effect of delayed pension payment."
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