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    "id": 219131,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Weya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Arthur Weya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support the Motion of Adjournment because I think it is about time that hon. Members took a break. I would like to inform hon. Members on the side that some of us go to the constituencies regularly. So, it is not going to be the first time that we are going. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has just said that 72 per cent of the youth of this country are under the age of 35. It is very unfortunate that this Parliament when deciding on hon. Members going to the East African Legislative Assemble (EALA) decided not to appoint hon. Members of that age bracket in that team. We also know that three million Kenyans are people with disabilities. It is also very unfortunate that this House has not taken people with disabilities to the EALA because they really do not consider them as Kenyans. People with disabilities and the youth are Kenyans who make up a huge population of this country. It is also a good thing that by the end of the year we will be changing our Standing Orders which will allow this House, probably, to work more hours. I think we are still operating on the ideologies of the colonial era and the way that they had done the Standing Orders. I, therefore, think it will be a good thing for hon. Members to put in more time into the business of this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have also heard the Vice-President and the Minister for Home Affairs talking about the informal sector. What this Government has done is that they have taken the informal sector and said it has grown. I would like to state here today that if you go to the rural areas, what has increased are the people riding boda bodas . What has increased are those people in the Jua Kali . If you go to a Jua Kali mechanic and ask him whether he is happy with his job, he will tell you: \" Mzee unaweza kunitafutia mahali pengine nifanye kazikwa sababu hapa ---\" There is nothing he is getting in that Jua Kali . It is also for us to realise that---"
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