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    "id": 1526508,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Therefore, for those who have not participated in the debate herein, the Report is still available. It will be extremely informative when it comes to considering those Bills. There are about four or five Bills because some of them were passed and they are now laws in the country. Otherwise, we proceed as we have proposed in the Report. There are proposals, including creating the office of the leader of official opposition, which we found not to have a place in our constitutional dispensation. There was also the issue of appointing a Prime Minister in a country which has a purely presidential system of government where cabinet secretaries are not recognised in our Constitution. We had issues with that and with another provision that stipulated that we have to obey court orders immediately and timeously. We felt that in as much as we are required to obey court orders, they may be subject to immediate challenge. There are many other factors herein which we went through, and which Members should acquaint themselves with, so that when it is time to debate the NADCO Bills, we can do it in a rich and informative manner to Kenyans. This should be a manner that is informative to Kenyans who are anxious to know what became of the NADCO talks and the NADCO Report which was tabled before this House. There is a feeling out there that the NADCO talks were purely to cool political temperatures at that time, and now that the temperatures appear to have cooled, not many people are giving much regard to what is in that Report or what we are discussing today. But, as a House of Parliament, we are under an obligation to carry out the wishes of the people which were communicated to us through that Report, which was tabled here. With those very many remarks, I beg to reply."
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