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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Emanikor",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I rise to support this Bill and appreciate the Leader of the Minority Party for bringing it. It is a shame that we serve this House and once out of here you go back to a lifestyle that is worse than where you were before coming to Parliament. It is a shame not only to former MPs but to this Government because as Hon. Members of this House we deserve a life of dignity within Parliament and outside. The nature of our work is philanthropic. Our salaries are public and it is no wonder everybody knows the salary of an MP because it is all over. When we have the money, it goes to everyone in terms of school fees, burials, fundraisings in church and other places and medication. So, by the time you leave this House, as my colleagues have said, you have nothing completely. We know of former MPs who have died in abject poverty. I know of a former MP from my county who committed suicide and killed his wife as well. It was because of depression because he was used to supporting people, he was out of Parliament and had people with problems and was unable to help them. When you are out of Parliament, you have people with problems, but you are unable to help. You go into depression. I know of a former Member of Parliament from Turkana. He is called Emanuel Imana. He helped so many Turkana people – today, it is who is who in Turkana County – in terms of education. All the big people in Turkana went through his hands and pocket, but now he has nothing. I thank the Jubilee Government for remembering some of them and putting them in parastatals as directors. However, this cannot be sustained. We know the current debate in this country where the young generation is agitating saying that the older people are taking their jobs. So, what is sustainable? It is this pension that we are giving them."
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