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    "id": 937426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
        "slug": "richard-moitalel-ole-kenta"
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    "content": "There are three arms of Government in Kenya. There is the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature. The other two arms get their pension because they are working for this country. Unfortunately, politicians are seen as people who do not deserve any pension in their own country. A sum of Kshs100,000 is very minimal, if you look at the kind of inflation that we face in this country. Those people are dying day by day. In fact, I do not know how many of those people are still alive to benefit from this. I believe it is time we moved with speed to ensure that, at least, their sunset years are taken care of or, at least, they live better, beneficial and fulfilling lives. I think the old men we had here the other day when we had the Committee meetings are suffering. Very many of those old men are suffering. You can actually see from their demeanour, looks and dressing. They are suffering. Then one wonders how this country appreciates their heroes. They are the same ones who fought for Independence that we enjoy today. They are the same ones who actually sacrificed. You must know that a leader is always a leader. Even when you are defeated, you have your supporters. They still milk you dry. In fact, the worst part is that most of the families of those politicians suffer a lot. Their children do not get good education because what could benefit their families is actually given to other people. So, they do not educate their children. They do not give them the attention they deserve. They do not even give them their time. Sometimes, their families actually disintegrate once they are out of power. I would not want to belabour this because my colleagues have spoken on this for all this time. However, I believe they deserve and they do not really need to be punished like this by this country. They are people who are actually made managing directors. They milk those corporations dry and, at the end of the day, they go home with billions of shillings in form of pension. Why should we do that? I think this is something that must be done and I really request the Executive not to bring this back because it will be so disheartening and unfair. I request the President to support this because it will be shameful if this Bill is returned to us with some funny comments that we see every day. We do not want this law to be made by anybody else. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this. I support. 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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