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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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"content": "of Parliament to at least raise that figure. Compared to what the Executive is paid, compared to what public participation does with the money that you and I pay in form of taxes, the money that is wasted out there… I am talking with passion because we have done a lot of injustice. The Akiwumi Commission did very well. I remember I was in this House when this matter was proposed but time was not in our hands, we could not do anything and it lapsed. I suggest and I want to make it very clear that when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, we should do something about the figure of Kshs100,000. Today, as somebody mentioned, most of these people have very rich educational backgrounds and experience. They are very exposed. That is why some of them make it the second or third time. But I can tell you once you leave this place, you cannot get a job. Because of the pressures that we have today, I want to speak for myself, the pressure that I undergo at home—and I am not saying for selfish ends—I do not think I have done anything yet in the last eight years that I have been a Member of Parliament, because there is too much pressure. Of course, I am doing my second term so I will be able to get pension but those of you who are doing the first term and are going home, sorry, you will not even get employed anywhere. It is just not easy, because they look at you. And you can see... Even as we debate something that is very important like this one, the Press is going to take it differently: That look at them, they are now increasing pension for themselves; they want to stay like lords. We should do something on this because we have to prepare some of our colleagues who are going to leave this place and go home and will not have any pension. They spend so much money to get here. It is not easy to get here. As one of the Members mentioned, to get here is an issue. To maintain your seat in the 2022 elections is also going to be an issue. Therefore, it is not too much asking that given the wastage we see out here, the Executive moving from country to country, and I am afraid I have to mention it here—I have that privilege of mentioning it here—we get people moving from one country to another, wasting the little money that we get here. Today we want to borrow up to Kshs9 trillion. Already the World Bank is saying that is too much. Therefore, just making sure that our colleagues… As mentioned by the mover of this Bill, there are about 200 ex-Members of Parliament who have died. Even the ones I saw the other day are just on death row; they are going to die any time. Given that kind of thing, my brothers and sisters here, let us be sympathetic and even increase that little money to pay our friends. In fact, two weeks ago I was out there and an ex-Member of Parliament asked me for as little as Kshs500 to be able to go home. In fact, he was going to a rented house, not a home. So, what is Kshs100,000? I want to ask that we do something about it and when it comes to Committee of the whole House we increase the amount. I am going to propose that amendment so that it is Kshs200,000. That way, we will help our brothers and sisters. The condition of former Members of Parliament out there is pathetic. Most of them are now grandfathers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my predecessor’s children are not going to school. They came to me for help but because my constituency has been split, I told them I will convince their MP to give them bursaries. They were not even prepared to take care of their grandchildren and so it is time that we passed this Bill."
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