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    "id": 1023797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Yes, social distancing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at one time, the situation was so pathetic that a former MP travelled all the way from Nyanza and when he got here, he could not find his relatives. I had to house him. He was not able to get a place to stay. This Bill is timely. I want to inform the Leader of the Majority Party to get to His Excellency the President and let him assent to this Bill as soon as possible. We need this Bill signed into law because our people are suffering. I have seen you talk to some of them out there. I am told there are cases of some former MPs not having contributed to the Pension Fund. That is not their problem. The problem is this House, which ought to have passed an Act of Parliament in as far as pensions are concerned. So, we should not have any fear on this one. I want to encourage those going to represent this House that should there be need, I have amendments I have discussed with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, and the Leader of the Minority Party. I have shelved them until this afternoon. I support this Bill, and I hope and pray that it will be assented to as soon as possible. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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