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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keyna",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": " The approach suggested by Hon. Baya only negates the national spirit. It is not in tandem with both the letter and the spirit of the current Constitution. It does not appreciate the diversity of the Republic of Kenya and it does not appreciate the premier nature of the Republic of Kenya. I thought, Hon. Temporary Speaker that, as a very wise man, you would have ruled Hon. Baya out of order to the extent that his creative imagination actually still lingers with the old ideas of regionalism, majimboism and other negative ideas that we shed off under the current generous Constitution. It is also time we dissect mandates and activities in line with the current Constitution; and in line with the relevant statutory establishment and also in line with the Mwongozo Rules. Once this is properly contextualised by taking into account the objects and the reasons of this particular Bill, it will create an effective, efficient and transparently run regional authorities. That is what we endeavour to have and what we are looking forward to. I am sure that is the intent and the motivation behind the Chairman of this critical Committee. We also need to think outside the box. This premier country, whose leadership the Almighty God has bestowed on it, and this critical group, requires two things. We need to think outside the box. Over the years, everything we have done has been laden with tribalism and it has failed to work. Look at where we are. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me get your attention on this. I know most of us were born after Independence. Once we got our Independence, the Kenya that the colonialists had in mind and the Kenya that we have today are completely different. That is why the President and the Government are struggling to put us back to where we are supposed to be. We used to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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