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    "content": "his deputy, the Prime Minister, deputy ministers and all cabinet ministers were present; we still failed to get two-thirds majority. We have tried several times to have two-thirds majority to pass the two-thirds gender principle with no success. For the first time, history was made in this House that this House passed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill or the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2020 with an overwhelming majority - 234 Members. Remember we required 233 Members as the two-thirds majority, but we got 234 Members, even with two positions vacant. So, this is a time that this country should have celebrated unity of purpose and cohesion in terms of pushing forward an agenda for this country. However, one of us, who for whatever reason and he is serving his second term in the House, decided to exercise immaturity by behaving disorderly in this House. Hon. Speaker, I request you to find that the disorderly conduct was in this House in accordance with Standing Order No.108. We should not let this continue because I do not know whether these Members who make unsubstantiated claims have understood why this House is called an august House. We are demeaning the dignity of this House; we have put it at its lowest. A number of times we make unsubstantiated claims about our colleagues and then we are let to go scotfree. For the first time, I want to plead with you to find the Member to be disorderly and name him. I would then request another Member to move a Motion so that this House can make a resolution to have this Member, Hon. Moses Kuria, suspended from the House as a first offense of this nature. We cannot tolerate this. Hon. Amos Kimunya said you are the leader. No, all of us in leadership stand indicted because he said a senior leader in the House. Hon. Speaker you are there, the Leader of the Majority Party, myself and the entire leadership from both sides, we sat here. How could inducements cause Members who are even out of the country like Hon. Simba Arati to vote from China? We should not joke with serious matters. If you have lost, or your side has lost, that is the spirit of democracy. I have been in this House and I have lost so many votes here. From 2008, there are so many votes we have lost here. We have even fought physically after losing. You cannot scandalise your colleagues for no reason. Hon. Speaker, in fact, when we were taking the vote, another person from the media called me saying: “Members were being intimidated, and they were being induced”. You cannot intimidate a Member. You can issue a party position on a matter. By the way, I want to say this; as I sit down, if parties cannot take a position on a constitutional amendment, then what can a party take a position on? The most critical decision a country would make is to amend a constitution, to change the architect, and to change the contract between the governed and the governors. So, that is the time you cannot claim independence of mind when you are actually dealing with a constitutional amendment, either you follow what your constituents want, which overrides everything else, or you vote because your party has whipped you a particular way. Talking of inducements is in bad taste. I want to stop there and ask that this Member be named and then we follow it procedurally. We could have another Member ready to move this Motion and we vote on it."
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