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    "id": 1154861,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, again, Hon. Speaker. I just want to remove the notion that this Bill may have delayed in the hands of the Committee. If there is any Bill on which we have put in time, it is this one. I received the draft of the Committee’s amendments at 1.00 a.m., and I had to sit with the Legal Counsel till the time I came to the House. I have not even had lunch. We went through all the clauses. This has been the trend. Our Legal Counsel and Clerk Assistants feel a little overwhelmed by the many proposed amendments we have received. When I tabled the Committee’s Report, people were wondering what I was holding. There were two volumes of amendments, which we had to go through, because of the interest this Bill has elicited from the public. There are many things we had to do as a Committee. We even had to make physical visits to children homes to confirm some of the things we were told during public participation. We also had to sit and understand the functions of various stakeholders in matters children. We spent a lot of time. Therefore, I would want to ask the Leader of the Majority Party to appreciate that the Committee has been committed to this Bill. I also want to request, like Hon. Millie Odhiambo has done, that we do not let the time we have put on this Bill go to waste. I request you, Hon. Speaker, to see if we can manage our time tomorrow and ensure that preliminary matters are quickly handled, so that this Bill is put in motion and we stay until we conclude the Committee of the whole House on it. Otherwise, it would be really sad if the 12th Parliament completed its term without passing this Bill, given the time we have invested in the same. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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