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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am shocked to hear His Excellency the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs stand up and move the same list that he promised, hardly two hours ago, that he was withdrawing. He told us that he was rearranging the Order Paper so that we can consult. There is absolutely no evidence of consultations in between and up to this point. We have been saddled with the same list. There were no consultations even after the promise of consultations at 3.00 p.m. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Constitution making is a very important exercise. It is not an exercise we are willing to cede to the Executive to determine what they want Kenyans to have. We have 4158 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 16, 2008 travelled that road before. We are not willing to go that road again. We want consensus. We want leadership through consultations. Any attempt to bulldoze the way forward will definitely not go down well with this Parliament. I want to insist that proper consultations be done. We may have to retreat, consult and agree on the way forward. Members of the Cabinet should be willing to listen and consult with the wider majority of representation in this Parliament. That is the only way we are going to have respect for this process. If we do not have consultations, then this process will reach a gridlock from the word go. We cannot move on with the constitutional review process if that is the attitude of the Executive. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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