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    "id": 937382,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937382/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabondo-Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Eve Obara",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eve Akinyi Obara",
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    "content": "from the bottom of my heart. What we are today witnessing in this Parliament was actually from that group of citizens who sacrificed their time in service for the people of this country. As was observed yesterday, the pension is supposed to cushion those who finally leave regular work in old age. Therefore, extending this to former Members of Parliament is really timely. I want to make a statement here, although we were told yesterday that we stick to the agenda or the topic of discussion. I want to say here that Members of Parliament do not live in isolation. Even as we are doing for those Members of Parliament, I want us to remember as Members of this Parliament that there are hundreds of Kenyans out there who served many years ago with minimal pension of sometimes less than Kshs1,000. If there will be a way—and I believe this is the House that should look at this—we put laws in place that will give us periodic reviews of pensions to be in line or commensurate with the current salaries, and a percentage for current salaries so that those people also get something that they can live on. I have people who are being paid Kshs900. You can imagine waiting for Kshs900 in a month. It comes on M-Pesa and you finish it on airtime. Thank you once again. I support. And thank you our party leader for this Bill. I support."
}