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    "id": 174518,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mbarire",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Tourism",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion, and I have very few remarks, because I do not want to repeat what other hon. Members have said. First, I want to congratulate the hon. Members for the consensus-building spirit that we have had for the last three or four days. I hope that, that spirit will remain with us all the way until we have a new Constitution, because that is the only way we can have a new constitution. I also want to tell the hon. Members who are privileged to sit on that Committee that they are going there from their political parties; probably, you were picked on a regional basis. Please, know that the Constitution is not about the political party that picked you or the region that you represent, but is about Kenyans and you should truly ensure that we have a Constitution. I believe that the possibility of us coming up with a new Constitution for Kenya will depend purely on the success of this Committee. I do hope that we who, have been left out, do not think we have a choice this time round as to whether or not to give a new Constitution to Kenyans; we must give Kenyans a new Constitution. Those of us not on this Committee should undertake that should this Committee become an impediment to getting a new Constitution, we will actually replace them. We do not have a choice but to get a new Constitution for Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I am saying this from a very non-partisan view. If you look at the list that has come from the Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition and the one from Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), there is no doubt that ODM takes their women Members of Parliament more seriously than PNU. Therefore, I want to congratulate the ODM Party for showing that women too have a role to play in the constitution-making process. I hope that the PNU coalition will learn something from ODM as far as inclusion of women in decision-making is concerned. With those few remarks, I support."
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