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    "id": 1047849,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1047849/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "I support this Bill and ask Members to support the Bill before this House. It is useful because we need to move the country forward. It is not fair and proper leadership, if those with responsibility treat committees as if there are some that are senior to others. Also, for those of us in committees, we need to take this responsibility with a little bit of respect. If others have done it, let them continue and feed into the Bill that was ahead of the pack. It does not make sense to engage the public twice. We look like people without any order. When we call the Law Society of Kenya twice to discuss the same Bill with two committees, then there must be something wrong somewhere. This is the second time this is happening. My Committee is being treated the same way again. We had the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Bill that is still pending somewhere. We did it before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, but theirs was brought ahead and fast-tracked. This is not right. I do not think we can learn parliamentary procedures that way. I support this Bill. It is good to recognise we have a joint report that was tabled this afternoon. Hon. Otiende who represented the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and I had a good meeting in Mombasa. We discussed many issues and what we agreed upon is contained in the draft report. I support it and own up to the recommendations we made. Again, this is because the country is bigger than the Committee and I. I ask Members to engage objectively so that we can help the country move forward. My last comment is that the positions we are holding including chairing of committees is courtesy of people who may not have managed themselves well in the previous Parliament. Manage yourself well if you want to be with us. Do not hop, there is so much work. As President Kibaki would tell us, fanya kidogo wewe uende, kuna wengine watakuja baadaye. Do not think you can do everything and there is not enough work for all committees. So, you just pick what others have done. I am saying this because I am not a happy person as a Chair. These Members wasted their time in Mombasa and all over the country. I support this for the good of the country."
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