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    "id": 909317,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909317/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "He was a very humble man. I heard about him when I was still in school. I visited the family which is in a very sorry state. This is very critical, particularly to the Parliamentary Service Commission. We need to do something to our colleagues who left this Parliament. They played a very critical role in legislation and are now living in poverty. You do not need to go far. When you go to our mess, you find many of them there languishing. They have been asking how far we have gone as far as their plight is concerned. I remember we attempted this in the last Parliament. I do not know whether the National Treasury rejected the proposal. It is important to look into their welfare because we are in today and we will be outside tomorrow. They are in a very sorry state. As we speak right now, I hope that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Limo, is here and he is listening. We must move with speed so that the request that they have put across can be implemented and money can be paid. In this time and era, what can you do with Kshs8,000? You cannot even pay rent in a slum. Hon. Oprong lived with a bullet in his head for 25 years and now he is gone. As parliamentarians who are here today, we know that the shoe-wearer knows where it pinches and we should help one of our own. When you leave this Parliament, you will not be employed by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) or the Government. We should look into this matter so that those former Members can also have a proper welfare as they move on."
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