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    "id": 100602,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/100602/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to join my colleagues in congratulating Eng. Maina for this timely Bill and also hon. Members. It is only yesterday that we were dealing with a Bill here which was brought by Ms. Odhiambo. The Bill was dealing with vulnerable members of our society; women and children who are being trafficked. Today, we are passing a Bill that is also dealing with vulnerable parts of our society, the poor who cannot afford to put a meal on the table. We are talking about a nation whose population - over 50 per cent - is living below the poverty line. In the days of J.M Kariuki, he said that Kenya was a nation of ten millionaires and one million paupers. But today, Kenya is really a nation of about ten billionaires and 40 million paupers. Indeed, this Bill will go a long way in helping people to put food on the table and it is the simple things like cooking oil, sugar and paraffin that the women, people of Kibera and other parts of the country can hardly afford in a country where prices have sky-rocketed; a country where the rich and the poor go to the same supermarkets. Indeed, it is timely and we want to urge the President to assent to this Bill as quickly as possible. Thank you."
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