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    "content": "Experts (CoE) which has been driving this process. They collected all the information that was required to prepare this document. In my view, they have done a commendable job and I want to laud them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank many other organisations that have given their views and proposals on this document. They are many of them, including all Kenyans, but I want to single out religious organisations and civil societies who have played a very crucial role in making sure that this document is worked on well and is acceptable to Kenyans. I also want to thank Members of the PSC on Constitutional Review, who did a commendable job in trying to harmonise some of the issues that have been raised. Our PSC did an excellent job. I want to thank them for a job well done. Members of this House have also done a good job for the four days we were at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA), Kabete. It might be believed that we did not gain much. However, I can assure you that our being in Kabete for those four days enabled us to understand this document very well, and internalise it. As I talk to my colleagues, I realise that we understand this document very well. We are able to articulate the issues in it well. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our being at Kabete for consensus building was very important. We might not have come up with any tangible agreement, but I can assure you that quite a number of the proposals for amendment being put forward came out of Kabete, where most of us were able to understand this document. That is why we have proposed quite a number of amendments to this Draft Constitution. While at Kabete, we raised quite a number of technical issues, which I believe the CoE and the PSC on Constitutional Review will be addressing, so that we can be able to protect this document. While at Kabete, we also pointed out quite a number of typographical errors contained in the Draft Constitution. So, we should congratulate ourselves for having been to Kabete to discuss this document. I am personally very happy with that retreat. I can now go to Emuhaya and talk to the people very strongly about this Draft Constitution, because I have read and understood it very well. This was out of our retreat at Kabete. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to highlight a few areas, which I consider very fundamental in this Draft Constitution. One Chapter that stands out very clearly is the Bill of Rights, which is the chapter that I think, has captured the soul and aspirations of Kenyans. This is the chapter that puts local Kenyans on the forefront of the management of this country. It is the chapter that gives Kenyans the right to own this country; the right to be in this country; the right to be what we aspire to be. So, the Chapter on the Bill of Rights is very good. I think we did a lot of very good work while in Kabete, in terms of modifying and adding value to it. I think it is a very important chapter in this document. For the first time, we are giving Kenyans the role of being their own leaders. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Chapter on Land and Environment is also very good. At least for the first time, we are identifying land as the basis on which our economic activities are based, and something that we all have to consider and ensure that we conserve, and use appropriately. Most of the problems we have had in this country are centred on land. Land has been so crucial in the history of Kenya. Even the struggle for Independence was all about land."
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