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    "content": "What is before us now, in this Motion, is for us to appoint a HBC but not other extraneous issues. You have stated that, indeed, you received a letter from His Excellency the President appointing the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs to be the Leader of Government Business. It is on that basis that you called upon him during the State Opening of Parliament. It is also for that very reason that you allowed the Leader of Government Business then, the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, to move this Motion. The Motion is before us and it is not asking for anything else. It is not asking who is the Leader of Government Business. That is not the issue and we cannot turn Parliament into a court of law. This should be accepted and it has been the tradition that, indeed, this Parliament is not the one that interprets the law. What is before us is to appoint Members of the HBC and I hope we can do that. That is the only way we can salvage the reputation of this Parliament. Let us agree on one thing: We have become unpopular. I have never known another Parliament, for the many years I have been here, which has been so much disparaged by members of the public as this one here. We have been perceived as a House consisting of hon. Members who are only interested in themselves and not worried about the welfare of Kenyans. For goodness sake, let us use this opportunity today and appoint the HBC. Maybe, that way, we will salvage, to a certain extent, the bad perceptions that we have had. I, therefore, want to say that we do not leave this House today until we have appointed Members of the HBC so that tomorrow or Tuesday, that team can draw up the business of this House and we can start addressing the issues that are haunting Kenyans today."
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