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    "id": 938427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "So, the purpose of Hon. Mbadi’s Bill is very good, but the amendments by the Committee are far a wretch. This House is supposed to discuss laws in a very sober way so that we can help Kenyans. The reason we brought this law is that former Members earn Kshs6,000. Of what value is Kshs 6,000? This Bill is taking it to Kshs100,000 and that is what we must focus on. We cannot backdate it. If we do that and we start introducing other things, the President, because of the state of the economy, might exercise Article 115 of the Constitution and reject it. That way, it will be subjected to the two-third majority here. So, let us not pollute the good Bill of Hon. Mbadi. They are currently earning Kshs6,000 and he wants them to earn Kshs100, 000. Such money in rural Kenya such as in Tharaka and Garissa, is good money. If your children have gone to school and you are only with your wife and you are retired, Kshs100,000 can buy you food, pay your bills, buy newspapers and follow what is happening. The genesis of it is: How does a former Member of Parliament get Kshs6,000 as pension? That was ridiculous. It was shameful. So we have increased it to Kshs100,000. Let us not dilute the Bill. Let them get the Kshs100,000 for those who served between 1984 and 2001. They must have served for two terms. That is the rule. So, whether they are your former teachers who left the law firm to be the substantive Speaker, that is not the issue."
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