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    "id": 643676,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odhiambo Opiyo",
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    "content": "about the wage bill for a long time. We are saying that we add more Members of Parliament through nomination. We must be candid with ourselves and ask ourselves how we are going to reduce the number of Members who are elected to come to this House, say, by reducing the number of constituencies or amalgamating constituencies, so that when we are talking about nomination, we talk about lower numbers. Another issue will be raised. Close to 90 nominated Members will be sitting here without specific constituencies that elected them to come and represent them. These are moral questions that we need to ask ourselves as we debate this matter. If we love this country and our children and grandchildren, we must think about burdening them with unnecessary wage bill that we can avoid. Going forward, the people who presented this Bill must present us with the actual numbers that we are talking about here. Let Kenyans know that when we talk about nomination, we are we talking about 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 Members. Let them state the number in actual figures, so that Kenyans will understand what this House is about to present them with. It will be immoral for this House to just agree that we nomination. I encourage the women of this country to actively engage in politics. Our business as a House is to make legislation that will make the political environment conducive and accommodative to our womenfolk. There were suggestions here that we consider the ladies who have actively expressed their willingness to join politics. Other suggestions were that after the elections, the winners should come to Parliament and the runners-up be automatically nominated. We will be doing a disaster to this House because sitting Members will be perpetuating their positions in Parliament through the back door. If you are a serious Member of this House, you will either be number one or two in an election. Going forward, the women Members must tell this House and this country their interest in this entire Bill, so that everyone is carried on board and we support something that we all agree with. I express my reservations with the Bill as it is today."
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