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    "id": 169929,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Laboso",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support, in the strongest words possible, this Motion. I think it is long overdue and welcome. I think we, as Members of this House, need to support our councillors. We need to see them as partners. We know that while we are here, in Parliament, considering the number of days that we spent here, they take care of all the work we would be doing at the constituencies. While we are there over the weekends, these councillors wait on us in terms of looking after the constituency. They attend all the funerals, schools fees and we know the resources they have. They are not able to meet the needs of the constituencies the same way we, as hon. Members, are unable to meet the needs of the Constituents. We need to see them as partners. We need to unanimously agree that councillors need a pay rise. We only need to agree on what we think is a decent amount to be given to them, so that they can continue to support us in the constituencies. This would help us to work together effectively in seeing that the people of this country are looked after."
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