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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "Brother, I can see you are looking at me. Never lose sight of that. I have no apologies of making this statement because I listen to the constituency called Suba North. On the issues of salaries, people always ask me: “Why are you so confident of saying we need salaries?” It is because I have asked the people of Suba North and they know how much money I give and how much I am taxed as an MP. They told me to come and ask for more salary and I came back to ask for more salary to serve the people of Suba North very confidently. I am glad a lot of the elitist politicians do not understand that fact. They believe in people like my good brother who does the work I did before I joined Parliament, Boniface Mwangi. I am glad Boniface Mwangi and JichoPevu are now in the House. Jicho Pevu used to disturb us a lot when he was outside. He has come inside and is now singing the same song. My brother, Hon. Boniface Mwangi - let me call him honourable because he tried - has written an excellent piece. The excellent piece he has written is that he has discovered why MPs ask for more and more money. Is it Oliver Twist who was asking for more? We will always ask for more and more and more. Why? It is because we are Automated Teller Machines (ATM). When I go to my constituency and even when I am sitting here, there is somebody in need. Unfortunately, one of constituents just lost the wife in a road accident. I will chip in. There is somebody somewhere holding harambees for three funerals. I will chip in. There are some who are sick. I will chip in. Surely, am I Jesus Christ? The spirit has got in the House today, but I cannot save the world. People want us to perform miracles and then they do not understand when we are poor. My house was burnt. When people spread rumours around about the kind of house I had upcountry, they said I should stop joking with them. What kind of house is this that an MP has? What do you expect me to have if I am using all my money all the time? We must be realistic. Members of Parliament are heavily taxed. We must have people who must stand with us, for us and to know the truth of what we go through. Otherwise, we will forget our legislative role. We spend all our time running around, knocking doors and looking for money when we should be here doing legislative work. With those few remarks, I support."
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