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    "id": 1088059,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Hall. It had the best food in town, just like what Sen. Kasanga said about other cities in the world. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a beautiful Bill. A nation that cares and believes in its people is a nation that allows everybody to make the least that they can make. If there is a principle that I will advocate when I become governor, it is the ten dollar a day principle; just one thousand shillings. Just make sure that a person can have money in their pocket. When they have money in their pockets, they will pay whatever it is that you want them to pay, whether it is licensees or so on, and so forth. When a boda boda rider in Nairobi makes Kshs300, the police want Kshs100, the county city council of Nairobi want another Kshs100. The person who is waiting for them at the bus stop for security gets another Kshs50. That person is working for other people other than themselves. That is not the sort of economy we are looking for. Madam Temporary Speaker, the people who we call street vendors who are at the bottom of the pyramid have been taken advantage of by us politicians. We use them to throw stones when it comes to politics. However, when it comes time to take care of them, we cannot. I think we can build a better city by ensuring that people can trade and bring their best wares and vegetables. We look at the quality and offer then whatever it is they can. We have Toi Market here and Sen. Sakaja knows about it. It sells possibly the best clothes in Nairobi. When I was in high school, my blazer was bought from Sunshine Boutique, aka Gikomba Market. I would get silk blazers there. I never bought my trousers from School Outfitters. I used to go there because they used to have a trouser we used to call the stinger. It was a nice grey. That is the reason I would support the bottom of the pyramid any time. If we promote these people, Nairobi can be a better place. We will not treat them as thieves, but we will treat them as human beings who just want to earn a living. If they had an office, they would sit there, but since they do not have one, they want to sell minimal things, nice looking shades and other things. Let us allow these people to work and treat them well."
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