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    "id": 937428,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rongo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Abuor",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Odalo Mak' Ojuando Abuor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill by my party Chairman, Hon. John Mbadi. As my colleagues have just said, this amendment is a timely one because we all know that most of the Members who served between 1984 and 2001 are now really elderly and suffering. So, I think it will only be fair if this amendment goes through so that they can get some pension. As I support this amendment, I would like to remind my colleagues that, as parliamentarians, we are all potential former MPs. So, as we serve this Parliament, let us also try to plan our lives and finances so that by the time we retire, even as much as we will get pension, we can also continue living dignified lives. I am saying this because we have seen some of our former MPs who are earning pension like the ones who served for two terms. We have seen what happened recently even in Kibra. You saw a former MP who is earning a pension engaging in things that are done by youth wingers. Somebody like Bonny Khalwale, who is a former MP earning pension and who should be living a decent life, was carrying stones. I do not think that is something that is meant for former MPs to do. So, I request my colleagues, even as we support this amendment, to plan our finances so that we do not get reduced to the level of some of our former colleagues like Bonny Khalwale. With those few remarks, I support."
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