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    "id": 1063778,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the other thing that should be rectified in the Bill is that Kenyans are already burdened by the high wage bill. I do not see the justification of increasing these constituencies. Moving the number of constituencies from 290 to 360 is just adding on to Kenyans more burdens. This will result in over representation. We should look at other jurisdictions and compare ourselves with them. As Sen. Kang’ata said, comparative jurisdictions are the USA, the UK, China and so forth. The wage bill is already too high. We cannot afford to increase the number of Members of Parliament in the National Assembly from 290 to 360 and the Senate from the current 67 to 94. I am opposed to this. If we are given an opportunity to amend, this is one of the amendments that I will propose."
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