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    "id": 938446,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938446/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for your consideration. From the outset, I support this Bill. I thank the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Mbadi, for coming up with this very necessary legislation. As I sat here, I heard the Leader of the Majority Party espouse a lot of confidence on how he wishes that the Bill is debated and carried forward. I advise him that this is a House of debate and records. The people who are desirous of bringing amendments are very right. When such amendments come, we will consider them in the light of the diverse lives that people lead. While I believe that this is very necessary, as Members of Parliament and responsible leaders, we need to ask ourselves why people become so poor after they leave office as Members of Parliament, after two terms or more. What is the cause of escalating corruption in our society? The single reason why there is a lot of corruption in Kenya is insecurity. People feel that because good enough arrangements have not been made for their lives after serving in office, they have to use their positions to amass all manner of wealth to help them when they eventually retire. In Parliament, we know that after five years, we do not retire, but we are retired. You can be retired, but how will you live after that? This amendment Bill comes in good time. We should support it"
}