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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. This is a serious matter. It needs to be put to rest. Hon. Speaker, Sir, 90 per cent of the people, or more here are new Members of Parliament. Because of the actions of the Serem Commission, in the eyes of Kenyans these people are already thieves. It is important to note that only about a month ago we swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of this country. Yesterday, as Labour Day celebrations were going on I was driving into the gymnasium of Continental House and somebody by the name Mwangi, who had just attempted to disrupt the celebrations, was being pushed into the cells there. I just stopped to ask. I wanted to know why the media was barricading the police station. I was so abused by somebody from the streets. This person looked like somebody who should not even be walking up to a Member of Parliament. He called me a thief. I was not of the view that the Serem team should go home. However, I am more convinced that given the agony being caused to Members of Parliament, we must not defend them. This is because they will be done with Members of Parliament and then they will go to the rest of the workers of this country. This is a rogue Commission. Hon. Speaker, if you multiply 222 Members by Kshs851,000, and divide the result by 349 Members you will get Kshs541,400; even my seven-year old daughter can do that. It does not require somebody to earn Kshs1,000,000. Hon. Speaker, she is purporting to tell you, as a Member of Parliament, that you cannot be bought for a car, yet she goes around in GK vehicles. She does nothing. This is superfluous. I want the committee that is going to look at this Petition to do something that the Parliamentary Service Commission has not brought to the attention of Kenyans. In the Finance Act, 2012, Section 59 (d) (2) requires that the Commission brings anything they do here for approval. She never did that! She is a rogue! What must happen is that this Parliament must take its rightful position in defending the Constitution. You must defend the Constitution because none of these people has asked for a salary different from what hon. Members have earned for the last ten years ."
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