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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "would like to add my voice to what hon. (Ms.) Musyoka mentioned earlier regarding the stripping of women. I think it is a very retrogressive act and the vice should be stopped in its tracks. Going back to the Bill, I think what hon. Keynan has proposed is very good. We would want former Members of Parliament like those from where I come from, North Imenti - we got hon. Mwiraria who was my political godfather. It was just by luck that he was given a post by President Kibaki as the Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). But my predecessor did not have much luck. He was just given a post by the governor to be under the Members of County Assemblies whereas he was above them before. This will assist in doing what is necessary. The other thing hon. Keynan could have looked at was what Maj-Gen. Nkaissery suggested, that medical scheme and insurance scheme for Parliamentarians should continue into the future and should not be a stipend to be given to the Parliamentarians. All Members of Parliament who have served, either one or two terms, should be given pension, whether they come back to Parliament or not. We do not want to see a scenario like that of the late hon. Paul Ngei, a freedom fighter. We saw his state after he left Parliament. He lived a life which was very miserable with no support from the Government or any other place. If hon. Keynan could make those few amendments to his Bill, it will go a long way in supporting Parliamentarians in the future. Hon. Keynan said, I pity the people who come in very young because 80 per cent of them do not come back. If you are among those 80 per cent and you are very young and you want to go back to work for an institution, they will just think you are a rebellious person and they will never employ you. You become unemployable. The other thing is that maybe we should see how we can be contributing to our future because once we are out of Parliament, we do not know whether we will be here; we may be amongst the 20 per cent or 80 per cent. But if we are amongst the 80 per cent, we should see how we can cater for ourselves after we leave Parliament. Hon. Keynan is looking at me. I would like to end there. I wish to support it and condole with the families of people who lost lives in Mandera. Muslims are not terrorists. It is criminals who did this and not Muslims. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support"
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