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    "id": 311742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/311742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, whereas I support the Chairman, I want to say that many times I push the agenda of the public--- But, sometimes, in pushing the agenda of the public as Members of Parliament, we have decided to criminalize ourselves. As Members of Parliament, when any Bill comes before the House, you say that you will not take this position if you have served as a Member of Parliament. Personally, I would want to say that if we think this is a sensitive issue, we should have made a provision that you should not serve in the position immediately. It should be if you have served in the last five or ten years. But what we are doing here is that we are just making a blanket provision that we should never ever, as a Member of Parliament, serve as a DG. I do not know what is wrong with being a Member of Parliament. As Members of Parliament, we are really doing part of criminalizing ourselves and making this position look like it is not a position that people should go for. So, my amendment is that we delete but, if the Minister is agreeable, I would want to suggest that he could move---"
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