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    "id": 1075517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1075517/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I am rising on a point of order on the issue of Statements. I made a statement on the Floor of this House more than a month ago on the plight of former councillors. The Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare undertook to deal with that issue within 14 days. The former councillors are now personally approaching Government directly to plead for their case. I rise on this issue because as the Senate, we will miss out on an opportunity to demonstrate duty of care for leaders. When I spoke to Sen. Sakaja about this issue, I was of the impression that the best way of dealing with this matter was for the Committee to visit selected regions, meet councillors and get a one-on-one feel on the suffering these people have been exposed to. To date, I have not heard anything from the Committee. I plead with you to direct that this Committee to undertake this matter as a matter of great importance. This is not the way we want to treat our leaders., tomorrow, some of us will be out of leadership. We do not want to be treated in the manner that the former councillors are being treated in this Republic. It is something that the Senate can do and make sure we return some benefit to those who wasted their energy and resources serving Kenyans. Today, they have been reduced to paupers."
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