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    "id": 859357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859357/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": "This law confers upon the Parliamentary Service Commission power to make regulations, and among other things the conduct of the business of the Commission, security of Members of Parliament and public participation outreach. We must have a regulation. The Bill also seeks to amend the Kenya Citizen and Immigration Act 2012 to provide Members of Parliament access the entitlement to diplomatic passports. People do not know the value of diplomatic passports. One, there are many countries where you do not need a visa if you hold a diplomatic passport. Parliament is paying a lot of money on visa charges. By the stature and role we hold as leaders in this country, we are entitled to that. Let us look from the cost of it. We travel a number of times. If we get diplomatic passports, Parliament will save huge resources. If you have a diplomatic passport, you do not need to get a visa from South Africa, Turkey and many countries. We are not asking for diplomatic passports. The headlines are saying that Members of Parliament are asking for diplomatic passports. Why are you not writing about the Principal Secretaries and Cabinet Secretaries? We draw our powers from the people. That amendment should be there."
}