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    "id": 175134,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the humility of the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, Mr. Abdikadir, and the intense interest that Members of the House have demonstrated in making sure that this process goes ahead is remarkable. Having said that, I, therefore, would like to suggest that instead of some of us fighting for either a position which is supporting so as to lose or opposing so as to lose as well, let us have a win-win situation where we support this Motion December 16, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4159 with a firm amendment. That way, we would have created a way forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have given notice of an amendment to this Motion, on the names on this list. When I gave that notice, I was informed by more or less the same reasons that have been advanced by the remarks by Mr. M. Kilonzo when we were in a Kamukunji. He said that he was tired and he had served this country so faithfully. I said that probably he was speaking on behalf of his eight colleagues. Why can we not thank them and tell them that they can now rest and we get another able team of Kenyans, who can lead the process in this House? When I look at the list proposed by the Leader of Government Business, I also am informed by the fact that we find that there are Members of the House Business Committee (HBC) and the expanded Cabinet. Having been informed by that, I want to inform the hon. Members that the proposals that I have made here--- I am particularly disappointed by the remarks made by the Leader of Government Business, His Excellency, the Vice-President. I was informed by Mr. Midiwo and Mr. Thuo, when we were looking at this list so that we could amend it at around 3.00 p.m., that the Vice-President had allowed the three of us to sit down and make an improvement, and the list would carry the day. Allow me to, therefore, read out the amended list as a result of consultations by the two Chief Whips and myself."
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