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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88538, member: 27"] A N$104B budget just threw seniors under the bus with a pathetic N$100 pension hike. Budget debate exposes broken pension pledge [LIST] [*]Martin Lukato shredded the N$104B budget. [*]It only budgets a N$100 pension increase. [*]That’s far from the promised N$3,000 monthly grant. [*]The president’s earlier commitment got scrapped for youth. [/LIST] Nandi-Ndaitwah’s shifting pension promise [LIST] [*]Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah originally vowed a N$3,000 pension boost. [*]After her inauguration, she delayed it for youth programs. [*]She previously told seniors the hike would come gradually. [*]Lukato fired back that pensioners raised those young people. [/LIST] Lukato’s moral imperative argument [LIST] [*]Martin Lukato called pensioners the nation’s backbone. [*]They raised generations while youth got prioritized. [*]He argued the country has enough resources for elders. [*]Parliament must honor the N$3,000 moral pledge. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]