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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to also add my voice in support of the Bill. However, with your indulgence, let me also take this opportunity to condole the families of the people who were massacred in Mandera. In my county, Kakamega, we lost 10 young men and women, who were just starting their lives. On behalf of my family, my constituency of Likuyani and myself, I pass our sincere condolences to the families of those people. May I just touch on two or three areas about this Bill. One, what the Bill is trying to do, which I agree with, is to form an organised or structured group, association that will look after the welfare of the former Members of Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you, hon. Rotino, I and others were in Parliament before. We went out and we are now back. Although the Constitution is very clear on the functions of the Members of Parliament, and that is oversight, legislation and representation; out there in the real world where we operate, Members of Parliament are looked at in deeper ways than what is prescribed in the Constitution. One of the things that Members of Parliament must do, if they have to survive and come back here, is to look after the welfare of their people in more ways. For example, whenever there is a funeral, like what we are going to do in Kakamega on Thursday next week, we must contribute money. We must contribute towards school fees and medical care for our people in the constituency. Therefore, all those things drain the resources yet some people out there think Members of Parliament earn a lot of money. If, after you have done all that, and unfortunately, you are not voted back for one reason or another, many Members of Parliament go back to an even worse state than where they had started off. So, I see this society as looking at the welfare of the former Members of Parliament and being like a lobby group that will push for any openings for former Members of Parliament. That is why I support it wholly. May I also just touch one or two other areas. Former Members of Parliament are a pool of knowledge. I am especially looking at it in terms of the counties, being young The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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