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    "id": 719649,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you for that reminder. They have made money. Then, they were very big businessmen. Today, they are reeling under the weight of poverty because they cannot do those kinds of deals. This Bill spells doom for my people – the people I represent their interests. I want to oppose and say that anybody that has an opportunity to lead the people should do it well. I want to plead with the Jubilee Government; the people who are coming to this House are not all very gullible. I want to plead with my colleagues, whenever you find a Bill, more so at this eleventh hour, these flurry of amendments that will be coming to this House and their timing when you know Members are very busy outside, to find few Members who are comfortable like me who are seated here, who believe they are as good as re-elected; you need to be careful. Many people are now shaking. You cannot find them here. You will see Chairmen pushing in small amendments which are intended to benefit the interests of some powerful people. This country is not for powerful individuals; powerful few people. It is for Kenyans. Whoever is engrossed in this looting mania, let him be told and, I want to remind him: you will loot your country like Mobutu Sese Seko did. You go to Switzerland and you find big hotels he bought there and they are no longer his; they no longer serve the interest of his country. They have happened everywhere, to Gaddafi and many others. Please, let us be sensitive and let us think about the citizenry of this country. This Bill is not intended for the good of this nation. There are very urgent Bills. We need to talk about how fast we can stop the doctors’ strike and get medication for our citizenry. We need to urgently talk about how we can avert the teachers’ strike. We need to talk about how we can urgently mitigate the spiralling hunger occasioned by bad weather – bad weather which is occasioned by felling trees anyhow because powerful individuals are now in that business. These are the things that serious parliaments--- If our leaders cannot do, this Parliament must stand to be counted. This is a House of record. We should not allow ourselves to be used. The 11th Parliament is a laughing stock. People wonder how this Parliament, knowing how our political honchos behave outside, we can come here struggle and pass a Bill on anti- party hopping. Two days later, the Bill is brought back and we are reminded that it was an omnibus Bill: You reject it in toto or pass it in toto. You cannot amend a comma, paragraph or full stop. Two weeks later, our recess is interrupted and we are hounded here as thieves, policemen surround a House of honour--- Your time is over."
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