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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "You never asked for the Ayes from a political party. It is Ayes from Parliament and Noes from Parliament. So, there is also the collective sense in the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also important to clarify that, as the Deputy Leader of Government Business, on Thursday, the previous week when the Bill should have come before, we consulted and asked the Chair to defer it to enable consultations with the media. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communications and Public Works is a Member from the Right Honourable Prime Minister's party. The person I asked to consult was hon. Imanyara and the Minister for Information and Communications. There is sense in which if we give information to December 16, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4119 the public, it would look like we have lost the collectivity in the Government and in the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you need to give us direction. When something is passed by the House, irrespective of whether we all contributed or were all present, it is a decision of the House."
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