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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "you do not feel like you are part of the National Assembly. Perhaps if we were up there or in here with reduced distances, we could still contain this issue. Lastly is on the observations by Hon. (Dr.) Wamalwa, which I think are quite apt. It is true there are certain issues we need to confront seriously and soon. Hon. Speaker, you have spoken to that. It is true we need to look at certain Bills and Motions. First, we need to look at Bills and Motions that relate to the constitution of the electoral body. Secondly, we need to look at Bills and Motions that relate to facilitative legislation, whether it is legislation towards appointment, legislation towards revocation, legislation towards reconstitution or whether it is legislation for referendum. Thirdly, we, of course, need to be alive to the fact that the timelines that we have must relate to what we intend to do. We in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process must be conscious and fast-track what needs to be fast-tracked and brought before this House or out there. I can assure the House that on behalf of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, we are consciously aware of these constraints and we discuss them every single day. Indeed, we have already had a series of meetings and we continue to have them. The only imploration I will have to you and the House authorities is to allow a little more leeway for committees like the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee even to retreat, not a continuous retreat… We have recently had a retreat of leaders; a retreat within the precincts of the city, to allow this as a matter of necessity not of comfort for the Members. Otherwise, I can assure the House that we are consciously aware of this and we are working round the clock."
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