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    "id": 786874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/786874/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Initially I had wanted to oppose these appointments given that in making them consideration to the constitutional threshold that talks about inclusivity and ethnicity was not considered. On the day these appointments were made, I read that one community in Kenya took up five; the other one took four while the rest were watching. But given the new spirit of cooperation or handshake, I want to support this. Those who are lucky to be appointed must make us proud by living to the spirit of those authorities that appointed them. I have seen many of them, like the one who was appointed in charge of correctional services called Mr. Powon left without correcting a thing. I hope the new one will go and correct something, and not walk out without correcting anything again. These others that are being named should make us proud by making sure that they justify their appointment. There is a problem in this country called spiralling wage bill. And the interpretation out there is that the spiralling wage bill is caused by parliamentarians. Little do Kenyans know that these PSs have lots of baggage on their back. One will get a big Pajero, fuelled and maintained by the Government, and a Passat in tow. All these are heavy expenditures on the Government. So the only return that we can get from them is when they make good use of their offices, become innovative and make those places better than they found them. Otherwise, I support. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity."
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