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    "id": 393534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
        "slug": "otieno-kajwang"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one had to pay Kshs33,000 every month for five years and live on Ksh16,000 for five years. The mileage which used to help us so much was Kshs5,000. I used it to fuel the car to go to Mbita, but the car could not reach there, because it was old. That amount was to enable me to see my constituents and still feel like a Member of Parliament. This is the situation where we came from and this is where our brothers and sisters are because as you have already seen, they are paying over Kshs50,000 for their cars. They must pay this because we have given them a position of dignity. We must allow them to do this service properly and in a dignified manner. They are already paying Kshs50,000 for the car and they remain with Kshs20,000. Those days, those who were not living in Nairobi used to live in some hotels in River Road from Tuesday to Thursday before they go back home. In River Road, you know what happens at night; there is a lot of noise, alcohol and loud music. So, when you wake up in the morning, people greet you as Mheshimiwa and you feel like hiding. One had to come to Parliament where he was supposed to debate in an informed manner. How do you study or research in that environment? So, this lady and her Commission do not understand. We gave her very senior people; people who understand Parliament. However, some of them have been told to shut up and now they are the biggest enemies of parliamentarians. We took them there, because they understood our plight. Let me suggest that we call this lady here, with her Commission if necessary, in the shortest time possible. She could very well come to our kamukunji. We can explain to her the situation in which we are. There is no job evaluation that she will do. The only thing that she can evaluate is how to fix the house allowance, because she can check Nairobi, Mombasa and Homa Bay. At least, the rent could be different. That is the only thing that she can check. What we need to do is to tell her to work quickly on the house allowance based on which city or village a member comes from. That is all that she should evaluate and not the job."
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