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    "id": 1558881,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "forgets the reality on the ground. This will ensure that the public knows it is a by-the-way when I go to the ground. It is not my main role! The public knows that my role is social protection and development. Why do we have to fight what works where it works? If we see a system that works, must we remain true to something somebody developed in the 1800s? That person did not know my village called Kolo Kanyala in Rusinga Island, and its realities! We now have scholars and intellectuals who can come up with beautiful theories. I am one of such intellectuals who will come up with theories that will either improve or overthrow Montesquieu's Theory. It may take 20 years or so but something beautiful is happening in Africa, which is a different model of development that ensures infrastructure comes up and accelerates it. The core of our accountability is through election. If you do not work well for Kenyans, they will throw you out. Who wants to be thrown out? We have to re-conceptualise how we think. Social protection is one of the issues that will help Members of Parliament before it completely overwhelms them. We provide for people with medical needs, bereavement, mental health, and those paying dowry. Young men who want to marry but are unable are also a role of Members of Parliament. If I am asked to write a Curriculum Vitae of a Member of Parliament, it would be very different from what the elite write. They normally state that the role of parliament is legislation, representation, and oversight. However, we are pastors, intercessors, preachers, social protection systems, ATMs, and counsellors. The list is endless. We need to reduce our roles to what is manageable and look at the ones that work. One of our roles that works excellently, and people from all over Africa come to benchmark on, is the NG-CDF. To shield us, let us make sure that the Government, at least, through social protection, protects our vulnerable: women, children, persons with disability, and other marginalised and minority communities in the society. With those few remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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