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    "id": 1506354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": "If you retire or you lose your seat, your income reduces as well as the number of your friends. We usually have very many friends while still in the House. Our phones are always jammed with calls. However, as soon as you lose your seat, nobody even bothers to greet you on the street. People think that you have a bank loan and you want to ask for assistance. I can give an example of the law firms or lawyers who normally assist us as Members. If you call or approach them after you leave Parliament, they are reluctant to even take your call leave alone to assist you, pro bono, just because you are a former Member. Hon. Temporary Speaker, they say that health is wealth. The Four Bills that we have passed in this House touching on Universal Health Care, the Social Health Authority (SHA) and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) are important. As a House, we must stand on our feet to ensure that Kenya has a good health system that will not just serve this generation, but for posterity. What is making the life of Kenyans good is not food but health. People will complain about a lot of things but the most expensive thing that they talk about is healthcare. If you scroll your phone as a Member, the first messages you will encounter are likely to be about burials and hospital bills. That is how important or significant it is. No one will raise funds for a former Member of Parliament. That is what we must understand, and that is why the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill is very important. Finally, and the most important issue, is the issue of housing of the pension scheme under the Parliamentary Service Commission. They say east or west, home is best. If a Member leaves this House or is not re-elected, PSC should be their first house of call if they are in trouble and in need of help from Parliament or from their colleagues. With those remarks, I support."
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