Lewis Nguyai

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 793.

• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (ii) To join the Kenyan Government and State corporations and be paid their benefits on retirement at normal retirement age of 55 years. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Officers who opted to retire immediately upon the dissolution of EAC were paid their retirement benefits on 30th June, 1977. Those who took the second option continue to be paid their retirement benefits in full from the date they joined the EAC to the date of retirement from the Kenyan Government or State corporations. In addition, some members who had contributed to the East African Provident Fund and the National Social Security Fund are paid as they leave service based on their contribution records, which are extracted from the Arusha, EAC Registry for the purpose. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The British Government paid ÂŁ21,841,427 as terminal benefits for Kenyans who worked in the defunct EAC. I assure this House that the money was paid and continuous to be paid to the deserving former employees of EAC. The money was paid as per agreed division to the three Governments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Government of Kenya received 42 per cent of the money, which is held in a deposit account at the Treasury, entitled the East African Community Fund. The balance in the Fund as at 31st May, 2009, was Kshs488,931,501.65. (c) With regard to part “c” ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (d) All ex-EAC employees who forwarded their claims were paid their benefits in full, and they were informed of those payments through their respective pay points that they provided. They were also issued with advice letters detailing them the amount of gratuity and accrued monthly arrears. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, it is not a contradiction. In 1977, that is when the retirement benefits were calculated. The officers might have probably been paid later, but the calculations were done in 1977. The criterion which was used to pay the retirement benefits - and that is the reason why there is a balance--- I will probably investigate further. The reason is that payments were made in British Pound Sterling and that currency has appreciated dramatically. Probably, there are a few others who have not been paid. However, there will still be a balance because ... view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that figure is affected by the exchange rate fluctuations. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we have substantial funds not only in the EAC, but also in other retirement funds that are in the suspense account because we cannot find the beneficiaries. We will try and use all the channels available, even if it means advertising in the newspapers. We will also use the administrative process. I would also urge anybody who is aware of people who have not been paid to quickly come forward, and we will expedite their payments. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, obviously that is additional information. The majority of the ex-East African Airways employees were paid their terminal benefits. Continuation benefits were accrued and paid as they continued to retire. With this additional information, I will provide the specifics. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I must state categorically that the majority of payments have been made. Even though those isolated cases do exist, we will deal with them item by item. More importantly, I think we have to be very optimistic that as we move towards the integration of a new region, we will provide, obviously, clauses that provide for the breakup. However, we should be optimistic that we will be able to achieve our objective of a fully integrated region that does not break up. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must appreciate and commend the Kenya Government for negotiating and ensuring that 42 per cent of the proceeds came here--- view