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    "id": 158141,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/158141/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " I withdraw, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but you know that sometimes you get angry when Kenyans cannot speak as parliamentarians and talk about the future of this country. This country is loved by many people outside but we, as Kenyans, do not love our country because we are not doing anything tangible. We are not doing something substantial to improve the living standards of our own citizens. A case in point is the issue of retirement age. I am glad that I can see Mr. Otieno, who is my neighbour and who is in charge of the Public Service Commission (PSC). I heard the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs say that it was a Cabinet decision. If a wrong decision is made in the Cabinet, why can they not do a Sessional Paper so that we debate on the merits and the demerits of that particular decision? If you are talking about increasing the retirement age to 70, 60 or 62 because in most countries, it is 62 years, they should have thought of a rider to that effect; that we should go for special skills and not just all; even drivers, clerks and messengers. My view is that when the new generation ID cards were introduced, there were those who changed their date of birth. Those who were born in 1940 for example had to come and register that they were"
}