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    "id": 1197783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "As the Member for Bondo, I used to receive several petitions and appeals from former councilors. During the last elections, they came as a group and pleaded that I assist them because most of them live in squalor. A few of them ventured into business and they are enjoying a certain quality of life. However, majority of them are living in squalor. The former MPs were also suffering the same fate. They used to come to Parliament in some tattered clothes to beg from former MPs who knew them. That was a very sad situation. They were given some lump sum, which is a very modest figure although it was more than what is being suggested for former councilors. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope that the National Assembly’s Committee on Budget and Appropriation will consider this figure and incorporate it in the budget. This will enable our elders who served this country with diligence and dedication to get something to survive, particularly care for their health. Apart from the lump sum, this cadre of leaders should get health insurance because health is important. If their NHIF remittances can be paid for them, it will help them and save their livelihood. Whatever little they get, they can use it for business when they are healthy."
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