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    "id": 1433878,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "please, know it is any other body out there. I have not mentioned any other body. I have just said it is important just like the Judicial Service Commission deals with its judicial officers in the Judiciary, Parliament does the same. Parliament is an independent arm of Government just like the Judiciary is an independent arm of Government. Therefore, we must not be treated any differently. If the Judicial Service Commission takes care of the well-being of the members of the Judiciary and their staff, we also need to align our Parliamentary Service Act so that our own Commission takes care of your well-being. You need not have any apologies having a Commission to take care of your well-being even those who benefit from mileage. You benefit from mileage because of the distance you cover as you travel to your constituencies. A Member who is travelling from Tiaty, like the Women Rep for Baringo County, moves close to 800 kilometres away from the Central Business District. I must appreciate what she has to go through compared to me who will move a mere 15 kilometres to Kikuyu and back. The farthest corner of my constituency I think is about 40 kilometres from here. The farthest corner is where my constituency borders Kajiado County and part of the one tip of Narok County. As we engage in other debates, including the one man one shilling, one woman, one vote, we must be cognisant of the kind of country that we all live in and appreciate each other as Kenyans."
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