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"speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The object of the Bill is artists. And the speaker on the other side said artists are hustlers. So I am within the framework of the Bill. I want to indicate that devolution touches on artists by bringing money down. We are being realistic by dealing with pro-poor approaches, which Azimio la Umoja is all about. That is what Raila Amolo Odinga believes in. In fact, his middle name is pro-poor. If you translate the name Raila, it means pro-poor. If you are not sure, go and ask the old men in Luoland. Like my name Akoth means rain, Raila means pro-poor. Anybody who wants to challenge me can ask the translators. I want to encourage those who are saying they are hustlers to come and enact policies that relate to people that they claim to represent. The other day when we were dealing with the Tea Bill... I am a fisherperson and yet we are the ones who brought amendments dealing with tea farmers. The other day when we were dealing with the Waqf Bill, Hon. Duale had an issue with me bringing amendments yet he is out there saying he is concerned about his people. I want to thank Hon. Gladys for being mindful of artists. In a real way, we are multiplying money. We are moving the amount to more than Ksh50. More than 50 per cent will go to the person that is actually struggling to get money. They are struggling to get more than 50 per cent. Those are the people we represent as Azimio la Umoja, which is pro-poor. I want to encourage the other people to first of all get their policy right on what they actually mean by bottom-up. When my good friend and lawyer who wants to be Deputy President, Alice Wahome, was asked what bottom-up is, she said it is bottom-up, sideways, then bottom-up, then sideways and up. She has no clue about what their policy is about! So, you cannot come here and speak to us with authority. I also want to encourage the Leader of the Majority Party to know that I have been in this House for long and, sometimes, I understand the dynamics. If you see me moving, please, understand that I know. You may want me to do two minutes but I understand why I am going beyond. I just want to tell fake hustlers that how can the bottom go up? Let us do real things that affect people. Next week we are debating the Coffee Bill. Please, be in the House. Do not only come here to defeat and frustrate Government business and then immediately walk out when the Coffee Bill is being debated. You normally leave us here dealing with issues that affect the common"
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