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    "id": 1033075,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033075/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "having lost an election. I had to come back and I know how it feels. Some of the commissions that we pass here in this country have members who get their gratuities every year. At the end of the year, they calculate how much they worked for and they pay themselves. At the end of the sixth year, they all get their gratuities. Members of Parliament have to wait until the end of the five years. That is still contested because you are not sure you will get it in the first term or the second term. So, some of these things should be dealt with early enough; whether it is not seen to be benefitting the individuals or the office concerned. It is the same story with the office of the former Prime Minister. For a long time, it became something like a carrot and a stick. Will he get it or not? Will we give the Speaker a send-off or not? These are issues that need to be settled totally so that the country knows what is going to happen. Finally, on the issue of the Petition that you read, this country is losing so much in terms of the forest cover. It pains me that where I come from in Siaya, the forest cover is less that 0.4 per cent and yet, when a petition like the one you read comes up, the way decisions are made or whether they should be given up for investment or not, is not public. The committee concerned should check that the transparency with which we allow the concerned institutions, whether country governments or national Government, in giving out property, especially land that is gazetted forest for private investment. I hope the committee concerned will look at these issues and give a good report to this House. Thank you."
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