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    "id": 975820,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/975820/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to congratulate Hon. Andrew Mwadime for bringing this amendment. Before we tackle the amendment, we have a Constitution that is not adhered to. Chapter 4 of the Constitution on Bill of Rights allows every Kenyan to have a right to employment. If the Employment Act talks of equal opportunities, the reason we are not adhering to the Constitution and the laws that are in place, leaves a big question. Does corruption just mean stealing? Does corruption mean not doing the right things? The people in authority are not obeying the law. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, our Constitution is explicit on how many people from the same ethnic group should be in a certain office. But what are we seeing today? When you go to the big offices, people are comfortably speaking in their mother tongue. That, in itself, is unethical and as we keep practising those evil acts, we will bring all legislations and all kinds of amendments but, unless we change our culture - that persons in offices adhere to existing laws and the Constitution - we will not be doing anything. As many Members have alluded to, it is true that people have been discriminated…"
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