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    "id": 119465,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to salute hon. Members for those very important questions. I would like to inform Mr. Affey and the House that the engagement with politicians and for the information of the House, this process has been underway for some time now. I want to thank the leaders of the Grand Coalition Government for making it possible to have consensus seeking committee formed. The committee has been working and will continue to work. We are trying as much as we can to make sure that we reach out to all the politicians. However, Members of Parliament themselves are in the political class and there is an extensive period starting from 18th December, 2009 in which Parliament is going to be engaged. I have just alerted the House that it may, in fact, not have to wait until March, 2010 to resume. It may have to come earlier because the reports will be presented in February, 2010. Therefore, knowing that the Parliamentary Select Committee is donated by this House, I am comfortable and I need not go into the details of this joint coalition committee seeking consensus. I want to salute hon. Members and assure them that I think we will be able to reach out to them. As for the political parties, I am also happy to say that only last weekend, National Democratic Institute (NDI), and I want to thank them, organized a retreat for the political parties in Naivasha to seek consensus. The reports are available and I hope that the secretaries general of the various political parties will share the reports of this work which is very encouraging. The one of last weekend declared a ceasefire. I am happy to say that since that weekend, I have not seen a violation of that ceasefire - if I may use that expression. We are discussing this quietly among the various political parties. Mr. Mututho, as a matter of fact, the chief is the only provincial worker who has not been recommended for removal. However, this is not a document cast in stone. We still can use chiefs. If you feel that you want to retain the Provincial Administration, feel free to make such a comment so that we can compare that with what the rest of the country is saying. If we find that the majority favours that, then that is the way we will go. Again, it is not cast in stone. It is not enough to write to newspapers, or speak in radio stations, or appear on television, write! Take a piece of paper and write to the Committee of Experts."
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