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    "id": 983619,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/983619/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "It should be one of the houses for elderly persons who are very experienced in societal issues. I am saying this out of respect. It should be a House where we have professors, doctors, teachers and other senior civil servants who have retired with very good experience on how governments are ran. Instead of them staying at home after retiring from active service only for us to bury them with all that knowledge, the Senate should be a House where they congregate and become advisors. That is how the Senate can become the Upper House, so that they can advise the National Assembly on Government policies and governance issues. The Senate should be a non-partisan and non-political House. I have seen it in the United Kingdom where the Lords stay there for life. They are not there for payment. They are just there to add more value. Senators will feel that at their old age, they have contributed positively to nation building. So, I support the Bill, but as I said, let us work on the implementation aspects and see how we can maximise what we have. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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