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    "id": 938458,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938458/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka-Nithi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Beatrice Nyaga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1051,
        "legal_name": "Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga",
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    "content": "are talking about the former Members who served between 1984 and 2001. These are Kenyans who served the country and should earn a decent pension. When the Leader of the Majority Party was in this House, Members were suggesting or proposing that even those who worked after that, if they were not getting a pension, they should be paid. We are also proposing to pass the Bill which is in the Senate which is considering councillors, when it comes to this House. These are also Kenyans. They served Kenyans, this country and their constituencies at that particular time. So, I really support and urge the Committee on Implementation that when we are done with this Bill, they should see to it that it has gone through and the dues are paid on time. The other issue is about the National Treasury. When you walk to the National Treasury, you will find queues of former workers, who are never paid their pensions on time. Some come from very far and do not even have transport to bring them to Nairobi. Some even die before they get their pension. Why, yet there is money in this country? If their money is not there, we have borrowed Kshs3 trillion, Kshs9 trillion, for this country from other countries. Let us serve our Kenyans as they are supposed to be served."
}