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    "id": 938272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938272/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me start by thanking Hon. Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, for bringing this Bill to this House. At the outset, I support it and to me, it should have been passed along time ago. Before I put my points across, I want to appreciate all the initiatives that have been taken by earlier commissions and other people who have been considering this matter. I want to appreciate the Cockar Commission which recommended that former MPs who were in this House before 1984 be given a one-off payment of Kshs1 million. I also want to appreciate the Akiwumi Commission which said we needed to enhance the pension paid out from 1984 to 2001. That was basically because their salaries were low, just as Hon. Mbadi has said. Hon. Speaker, the recommendation of a living pension of Kshs100,000 is very important. I think Hon. Members in the 12th Parliament do not need to be told about the plight of former MPs. We interact with them daily. Some come visiting and when we go to our constituencies, we meet them because some are still alive. It is an open secret that our colleagues who served this"
}