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    "id": 1419581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "gone to school for six years, become an intern, or specialized as a paediatrician, why should we begrudge those people their salary and pay? Advocates are charging Kshs10,000 for a letter because it is regulated by the Advocates Remuneration Order. We have seen Members of this House charging Kshs1 billion for legal services. It is justifiable as long as you are complying with the Act and gone through taxation. We have seen in pending bills of counties of Kshs1 billion owing to legal professionals. We are therefore saying we cannot begrudge advocates their fees. They are professionals and are regulated. Today, the richest people in the world are software merchants. They are making billions out of software. Why should we feel bad when doctors are asking to be paid something proportional to the amount of time that they spend in school? We should resolve that if the Government cannot find money to pay the doctors, we should be willing as Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) to forego our earnings, so that it can go to those doctors and health workers. In some countries that we have visited, like Cuba, being a Senator is not a full- time job. It is not what you do from morning to evening, from Monday to Monday. You are either an advocate doing your job or coming to the Senate to deliberate on matters that affect the country. You are a doctor, like Dr. Khalwale here. That is your core profession and occupation. Coming to the Senate is just like going to church. I belong to the Seventh-day Adventist church. We have elders, just like Sen. Maanzo. He used to be an elder. I think he did something, then he is no longer an elder. He was dewhipped from the church."
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