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    "id": 174463,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Imanyara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gitobu Imanyara",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I rise to support this Motion, let us remind ourselves that we are Members of the National Assembly of Kenya. When we were elected to this National Assembly, we ceased to represent tribes. We ceased to represent regions, and we became Members of the National Assembly. So, let us provide leadership to this country as Members of the National Assembly. The second point I would like to make is that when the Standing Orders Committee, under your able leadership, started the process of formulating new Standing Orders of the House, this problem did not arise. We did agree on broad principles, which saw us bring very far-reaching changes in the manner this House is run. One of them was the need to recognise the role of political parties because, under our Constitution, we seek to make ourselves a democratic parliamentary democracy. One of the reasons for the failure that we are seeing in terms of building institutions in this country is that the political party leaders are not making sufficient consultations. We have seen that even the Bill that we passed yesterday, it had failed three times until we built sufficient levels of consultations. Consultation involves everyone, from top to bottom. We cannot afford to leave out any section of our leadership in constitution-making process. Therefore, I would suggest that, with regard to the principle that Mr. Mutava Musyimi has mentioned, we do not leave out Ministers entirely, but we limit their participation to a maximum of one third. We do need their input, so that the final product that we will bring to this House can reflect the broad consensus reached by all Members of the National Assembly. Let us follow the principles we adopted in formulating the Standing Orders of this House. I am sure that we will be able to reach a consensus within one hour and start this process and get a new Constitution for our people. With those few words, I beg to support."
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