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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.17(2), this House orders that the time of interruption of business today Tuesday, 16th December, 2008 be extended from 6.30 p.m. until the conclusion of business appearing on the Order Paper. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the business, even as re-ordered before this House, is of a serious nature. In the next Orders, we are dealing with the amendments to the Constitution, which is the supreme law of this land. Indeed, I think in Section 2 of the same Constitution, it says that any other law that is not consistent with the Constitution is void to the extent of such inconsistency - and I can see the hon. Member for Budalangi, being a learned friend, agreeing expeditiously with that matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, think that in order to get the numbers - and I want to thank hon. Members because we had a very successful kamukunji --- I had an occasion to congratulate both the President and the Prime Minister for their leadership over the matter of gaining consensus over these constitutional amendments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, would like to urge colleagues that we try and burn the midnight oil tonight, in order to give this country the Christmas gift that it deserves by way of passing, unanimously, the Constitutional Amendment Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we can only do that because the very process, itself, will involve divisions. I can see that we have drinking water available this afternoon because hon. Members are already feeling a little thirsty. Mr. Speaker, Sir, but we will wait until we start to do the division process. Even from the point of view of the media, now that we have live broadcast, it will be interesting for the country to see the process of division. That is how we make our laws. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that reason, I, therefore, want to move that this House agrees with the Mover of this Motion, so that we actually continue, even if it is up to midnight tonight. After all, this House has once sat up to 2.30 in the morning - if you remember, during the election of the Speaker and the swearing in of hon. Members on 15th January, 2008; it was very historic! This House, at moments of crisis, has been able to stand very tall and stand together. That is why I request hon. Karua to second this Motion."
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