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    "id": 818288,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "newspaper today, you would think it is Parliament that won a case, because the headline is about how Members of Parliament and MCAs are going to make millions from this ruling which is in favour of JSC. In fact, if you do not read between the lines, you would think JSC represents Members of Parliament. I do not understand how when it comes to remuneration, it is all about Parliament. We need to ask journalists in this country to exercise professionalism. They should act like the Judiciary. They should not act out of emotions. They should be objective and assess every matter in terms of its merits, but not just sensationalizing things and making Members of Parliament look like demons. So, I think it is a matter that needs to be looked into. We want to respect freedom of the media. I would be against us acting in a way that compromises the freedom of the media. But our Constitution speaks to exercising your freedom in a manner that does not interfere with others. Members will agree with me that when our children read some of these things about us, they get disturbed. In fact, my daughter told me: “Daddy, thank God you are not in the list of NYS.” That can just demonstrate to you the kind of fear that our children have. That is the way I want Members, before you laugh, to understand the kind of fear and trauma that our families are going through. They are not even sure of what will come out about you tomorrow. They are so scared about news that would come out about you. This is because of how the media has made us to look to the extent that someone you live with does not trust you until a matter comes out publicly that you are not… I could see my daughter had a sigh of relief that my name was not in the list, despite the fact that there were no Members of Parliament in it. She was so relieved, meaning she does not even trust me. And this is someone who should be looking up to me to set the pace in terms of integrity."
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