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    "id": 938304,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938304/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "I strongly believe that our electorates out there should understand that we are not talking about our welfare, but that of the former Members of Parliament who are already with them in the villages, market places and towns. They know the lives they live, the abject poverty they are in and their age. I am sure that they also sympathise with them out there. Whoever is listening to our debate here today is applauding or commending us because he or she knows that we have Members of Parliament who are out there who ask for transport from their electorates. This is not an expensive thing for this country to do. As it has been said, these citizens whom we are talking about are very few and are decimating as time goes. Moreso, there is that nostalgia. If you were a Member of Parliament, despite being in the employment bracket, you might not get employed. We have examples of young parliamentarians who left this House in the 10th Parliament. There are many of them whom we know. There are those who left in the 11th Parliament who are young. Some of them were below 45 years old, but they cannot get employment. Once you go to look for employment, you find that nobody is ready to employ you in his or her company or firm because you were a Member of Parliament and a politician. They say that you will be conducting strikes or demonstrations. We are viewed negatively."
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