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    "id": 442025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/442025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is very important to appreciate, hon. Mbadi’s effort. The title of this Bill is very telling, it is about retirement benefits and not about what someone will do in the future. It is a right that someone earns by having worked and having served the country. It is very important to divorce what we are talking about from what will happen in the future. It is important to note that pensions are earned; they are not rewards, like I have heard some people saying. These are rights that are gained because someone has served the country or served in public service and so any idea that someone is being rewarded is wrong. It is very important to also note that as we discuss this Bill, I have heard Members saying we need to include Members of Parliament in it. This is not about Members of Parliament, but about very specific persons; the Prime Minister, the Speakers and the former Vice- President. If we want to do a law to cater for our interest, I think we have an opportunity to do that later; we should just limit ourselves to this particular Bill."
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