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    "id": 861774,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/861774/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The second point of support for this Bill is basically on the issue of Members’ welfare. I want to put it very clearly that we serve the people of Kenya. We are State officers. I find it so amusing that the amount of discrimination and hatred directed towards Members of Parliament is simply because other State officers of junior rank or equal rank are better placed, rewarded, facilitated and remunerated compared to Members of Parliament. We vet and approve most of the members of the public service who hold senior positions. In essence, we are their employers. We make Budgets and appropriate funds which they use. In essence, we are their employers. It beats all logic that the employee is better remunerated and facilitated than the employer. We should not be ashamed as employers to make sure that we take care of our welfare. It is surprising that as a Member of Parliament, you are given a car loan which you pay throughout your five years. You use the vehicle to do State work and serve the constituents and after five years, that vehicle is a write off. Other State officers and employees of State, in addition to the car loans, are given Government vehicles which are fuelled and maintained by the Government. Why the discrimination against the Members of Parliament?"
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