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    "id": 1506267,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "In summary, those are the issues that we sought to amend in the Bill. It is worth noting that there was another Bill by Hon. Dawood, the Member for North Imenti, which was a replica of this one. We agreed to push this one forward because once it is passed, it will address all those issues. Hon. Members, I am sure that most of you have interacted with our colleagues who left this House many years ago. Some left 10 years ago, and others 15 years ago. Any time you meet them, I am sure you would not want to experience what they are going through 20 years from now. Some of our former colleagues are going through a very hard time. There was a Commission which proposed that, if possible, the Government should provide US$1,000 per month to support them. That Bill was championed by my friend, Hon. Waluke, but we were not able to pass it because of the budget implications. Since all of us are potential former Members of Parliament, I urge you to take this matter very seriously and come up with an arrangement so that our former colleagues who served in Parliament when there was no pension, when there were low salaries, when being a Member was about service to humanity and not salaries, and when there were no allowances or facilitation in terms of staff, are appreciated for the service they delivered to this country. We should revisit that matter. We can support them, especially in terms of medical support. The other thing I want to say, which relates to Members of Parliament, our former colleagues who are out there, some of them are..."
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