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    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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    "content": " Thank you. It is as if this entire Bill is speaking to me. I was in the 11th Parliament, voted out, and returned in the 13th Parliament. Indeed, I served with Dr Makali on the same Committee during the 11th Parliament. I appreciate the thinking he has put into this Bill. You are seen to be wealthy as a serving Member of Parliament. You are called all manner of derogatory names— Mpig and many others. It is as if the society we serve does not appreciate leadership. They may be right or wrong. It requires some civic education. Parliament needs to explain itself to those it represents. Stigma follows you if you fail. There is unemployability and the fact that you have it all. Therefore, you do not need any support. That is why you find former Members of Parliament languishing in poverty. The Bill redeems the image and welfare of former Members of Parliament or retirees. I do not know if Dr Makali is listening. Of concern to me is that Section 7 attempts to repeal the principal Act. It is a simple thing. Hon. Makali attempts to amend the \"National Assembly\" and replace it with \"Parliament\" in consonance with our Constitution. Nevertheless, there is a slip of the same in Part VIII of the Bill. That is where the Senate and the National Assembly are discussed. I prefer that there be continuity. “Parliament” should be the word used. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I refer you to Clauses 7 and 8 of the Bill. Clause 7 of the Bill proposes amending Section 6 of the principal Act by deleting the words \"the National Assembly\" and substituting them with \"Parliament.\" Clause 8 of the Bill seeks to amend the principal Act by deleting Section 7 and substituting it with a new Section 7. The new Section 7(7) introduces the Senate and National Assembly. I am of the view that the word \"Parliament\" should be used throughout."
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