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    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "He would advise us on how to navigate the way through as we serve in this House. My joining of the SACCO was because of him. He told me that I was going to spend money around here but when the day for election comes, I will not have much. He cared. Three weeks ago, on Sunday 30th May, in his constituency, when the President came to Siaya County, I shed a tear. A former Member of Parliament who had served for three terms - not just an ordinary Member but a Minority Whip - was being blocked from entering where the President was. He was told he could not because he was a former Member of Parliament. The President came to launch projects that I am sure he was part of. Some police officers and guards refused him entry. It was disheartening. As we discuss this example, we must also discuss how to ensure that former Prime Ministers, Speakers and Ministers who have served... If a Member serves here for three terms consecutively, there must be a way to deal with it. We must make laws that will ensure that we... You cannot leave Parliament after three terms and then they just play with you willy-nilly. I was disheartened. A person of Hon. Jakoyo’s stature…I was in this House during last term and I know that whenever he rose to speak, everybody else would keep quite because they knew he would speak 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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