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    "id": 330032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/330032/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, is it in order for some hon. Members to keep on playing to the gallery when we ask very fundamental questions? We are also Kenyans with rights. We are not here to be called names and not fight for our rights. If we cannot fight for our rights, we cannot fight for the rights of other Kenyans. The fundamental issue we are raising is that certain people, and especially sitting members of constitutional Commissions, have been playing to the gallery regarding this issue and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission by saying that we are trying again to steal from public coffers rather than telling Kenyans the truth: That it is a matter of competition amongst civil servants, and that it has nothing to do with Members of Parliament. It has everything to do with public officers. That is what we are asking the Assistant Minister to clearly tell this House and the country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for once, we are not going to be ashamed of fighting for our rights because our rights are enshrined in the Constitution, just like the rights of commissioners and other public officers. Is it in order for us to be always given undesirable labels and “hide” because we want votes yet we get those votes from people whose rights we must be protecting? How can we protect their rights, if we cannot even protect our own rights?"
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