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    "id": 438633,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "A number of us observed that the welfare of Members should be a concern to us both when we are alive and when we are gone. I am saying this because there are quite a number of our former colleagues in this House who are going through a lot of difficulties and whose cases have been brought to this House. It appears that the action necessary by this House is taking a bit long. I have in mind the plight of hon. Otieno Mak’Onyango, the former MP for Alego-Usonga. If I am not wrong, his case is before this House. This gentleman is suffering bitterly. He was given a court award and the matter is before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Actually, at the moment, as we speak, he is ailing and living in a construction site. Hon. Speaker, I would like to request, through you, and the Leader of the Majority Party that, if there is a way this House can help former Members of this House – a hon. Member who can hardly get a meal a day, to get one, it will be very good. It is really a very sorry state. I request, through you, if this House can help this hon. Members who served this country in that capacity. If we do that, I think this House will be demonstrating that we care about our colleagues, both when they are alive and when they have left us. I beg your indulgence."
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