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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Keter",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Cheruiyot Keter",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. From the outset, I thank the Mover, Sen. Murungi, for coming up with this Bill. If we look at the history of this country, we have really come a long way especially the Kenyan Parliament. I listened very keenly when the mover was moving this Bill yesterday, giving the events of what exactly happened. It was not easy to get to where we are. It was a fight. I want to thank the people who were there before me; Sen. Orengo and Hon. Castro Peter Oloo Aringo for spearheading the reforms of parliamentary democracy in this country. Parliament was just part of the Executive; they could not do anything without the sanction of the Executive hence independence was not there. I was told that before, people used to run to the Office of the President to be paid their allowances, where sometimes you were kicked out or queue with other members of staff. I was also told that people used to queue to see the President on a Friday to be given some money to go home, make political statements and shout so much because of the pay they had been given. I thank God for our colleagues, brothers and sisters who fought such that today, as Parliament we are happy. When we joined this Parliament, I remember very well that offices at Continental House had not been taken over. Members of Parliament did not have offices. They used to work from Parliament, their cars, hotels and everywhere else. It was chaotic. They were also not facilitated very well. They did not even have cars to drive to their constituencies where they represented people; to have a decent home in Nairobi. They were subjected to the market in terms of getting the loans, hence Members of Parliament were a condemned lot of the society despite the fact that they are very important in their The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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