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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the Floor. I want to really thank Sen. Cheruiyot, our Senate Majority Leader, for moving this Bill in a very eloquent way and expressing how important this Bill is. I am one of the older Members in this House. A part of my political journey, I served the Republic of Kenya as an elected Member of Garsen. Thereafter, I was out of office because I stood unsuccessfully twice for the position of Governor of Tana River County and later on, I came back to this House. The people of Tana River County brought me to the Senate. I can speak with authority about what it means to be in office and what it means to be out of office. I am not telling stories. I am telling you the truth from my personal experience. I was running a law firm which sustained me for 10 years and continues to do so to date. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are colleagues we served with in that Parliament and when they left, like the Majority Leader said, they could not find employment. What is provided for even in our scheme, as Senators and Members of Parliament, is if you have served for two terms consecutively. If you have not and you did only one term, you have a problem. If you have served but did not make much contribution or do not have another source of income, you have a problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what I am talking about is real. We need to support Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) who serve and finish their terms and are not re-elected by the people back to office. It is true that when you are out of office, you face the reality that you cannot be employed. You have to have your own self-employment or business. Many of the MCAs The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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