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    "id": 1349798,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "There will be no one to discuss the question of salaries, pensions, or car grants because we will all be declared to be in conflict under Clause 11(2) of the Bill. Therefore, we would be unable to discuss anything around that. In paragraph 10, we raised the issue of the declaration of income, assets and liabilities. This Bill not only requires a public officer like a Member of Parliament to declare their income, assets and liabilities, but also extends to their spouse and dependent children. So that the Hon. Wanjala, who I think has just walked out and who by his admission is a serious polygamist, would then be required to ask his wife for full disclosure of what they owe and own and to include in that declaration. This is a breach of Article 31 of the Constitution because, once you have declared it, it becomes information held by the State which anyone can access. Hon. Speaker, I have raised 15 different points. I do not need to re-read them because you are well seized of them. I urge that you consider it in addition to the report of the Department of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) so that we can seriously reconsider this Bill. This Bill has the potential of harming ourselves. Self-preservation has always been the most basic human instinct. Let us not be a House that is given to self-infliction of pain. Thank you."
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