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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to also make my contribution to this Bill. I start by thanking Hon. Kaluma. I know a lot has been said about him in the media by people who feel he is so passionate about certain issues. That is very common with us. Each one of us has passion for something and I think Hon. Kaluma is not wrong to be passionate about succession issues and issues of family and family life. We know Hon. Millie Odhiambo is very passionate about issues of children and some of us are very passionate about issues of finance. So, each one of us has an area. I am not so sure what Hon. Sankok is passionate about, but he is passionate about almost everything. First, I just want to urge that we need to encourage Kenyans nor to die intestate. We should not die intestate and leave our dependants at the mercy of legal interpretations, court cases and lawyers eating the estate of those who have died. To me, that is the starting point. The second thing is we need to start encouraging Kenyans to embrace the culture of hard work and not to rely on inheritance and wealth created by others to take after they have left. In fact, I was thinking of a very radical decision going forward. This country should come up with laws that, if you are dead, a portion of your estate should go to the Government so that just a portion is left to others to share. Other people should also fight. It would also discourage corruption 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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