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    "id": 558038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/558038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, looking at what the President is quoting for rejecting this Bill with regard to elective office, I want to advance the following two arguments. Firstly, the President has quoted the Presidential Retirement Benefits Act, 2013. For those who may not know, this Act was passed in 2003, but it was amended in 2013. This very offensive clause was inserted in 2003 when we did not have the current Constitution. The reason why that clause that is asking the beneficiaries of the Presidential Retirement Benefits Act to quit politics was inserted was because those people were targeting one, Daniel arap Moi. They did not want Daniel arap Moi to continue as the Chairman of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which was equally wrong even without the current Constitution. However, I want to let this House know that once you have become President in this country, there is no other office you would aspire to hold. Therefore, if the Presidential Retirement Benefits Act prescribes that you cannot hold another office then it is a bit reasonable, but not really so reasonable. I say so because no one under our laws, and it is in the Bill of Rights and my colleagues have mentioned it, can stop anybody from participating in political activities. That is the most basic human right that one can enjoy. In fact, I thought Hon. Duale would not support this. However, it appears to me that Hon. Duale is part of the people who advise the President."
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