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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion. As we break for the Christmas recess, we have given Kenyans the hope of what they have kept on yearning for. Kenyans have longed for a new Constitution for a very long time, and they were almost losing hope looking at the happenings outside Parliament. This decision of today will definitely give Kenyans new hope. I would like to echo what my colleagues have said, especially on the Select Committee. We have selected 24 Members out of the 222 Members of Parliament. It is important for the Members of this Committee to note that they are in this process on our behalf. Therefore, we expect them to do the job that all of us could have done at the same time. We call upon them to ensure that we, as a country, have a new Constitution within the coming year. We also wish to remind them that though their names came from various parties, we, as a House, have adopted those names as a House and not as parties. So, we expect them to work as a team, as Kenyans and leaders of this country and not as people from the parties. The youth of this country are talking to us. They need jobs, wealth and the resources of this country to be distributed well. Through the Constitution, we hope and believe that, that will be the December 17, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4181 new and direction of this country to ensure that every corner of this country is developed equally in future. I would like to echo what my colleagues have mentioned, especially on the process of coming up with the Members of this Select Committee. A lot of consultation was done after our colleague Dr. Khalwale moved an amendment. I would like to sincerely thank him, because without that we would have gone out of this House with a select Committee, which would not have had our endorsement. So, I thank the hon. Members and I wish that the leadership of our parties, and all of us, consult on every matter that is very important and crucial for this country. We shall go home happy that now we have started a very important process that is going to deliver a new Constitution to this country. With those few words, I beg to support."
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