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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, most former councillors or grassroots leaders have families that they cannot sustain. Some of them live in deplorable conditions. Leadership is a God-ordained role that should be protected. For example, you have served as a Member of Parliament for Eldoret East and a Cabinet Minister. Sen. Irungu was the Chair of Murang’a County Council and Member of the National Assembly. We pray that he becomes the Governor for Murang’a County. Those who have served their second term as Members of Parliament are well taken care of. As I speak, the forum called Former Elected Members of Parliament is pushing for amendments under the Parliamentary Service Commission Act, so that they can be incorporated and get medical allowance, housing allowance and many other privileges as former leaders. Why are we ignoring this important subset of leadership that is critical, yet these are the same people who served people at the grassroots level?"
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