{"id":938256,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938256/?format=json","text_counter":154,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba South, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. John Mbadi","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"THAT, the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.45 of 2019) be now read a Second Time. The history behind this amendment is long. Sometimes back, towards the end of the 8th Parliament, there was a concern among the Members of Parliament and the general public that Members of Parliament (MPs) salaries and other allowances were not commensurate to the kind"}