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    "id": 819189,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/819189/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "I learnt something that was very interesting; that it is only Members of Parliament and probably Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) or elected State officers who do not get house allowance in this country. That has been bothering me, and I have been asking why it is the case. Is it that becoming a Member of Parliament is a curse? Is it a crime to become a Member of Parliament? By the way, this Parliament is not fair to itself. We enacted legislation, created commissions and we barred ourselves from being a member of even the Commission on Revenue Allocation for five years. I ask myself what is wrong. If I leave Parliament, why can I not exercise my professional skills in serving Kenyans elsewhere? Is it really a crime to be elected Member of Parliament or MCA? Something is wrong with our thinking. We were influenced by people who hate elected representatives to the extent that we succumbed to their wishes; that they are supposed to be barred. If I leave the position of Member of Parliament of Suba South, I can still offer services to Kenyans. I still have my professional knowledge. It is with me, it is in my head and brain."
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