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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Ntimama",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for National Heritage and Culture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Ronkorua ole Ntimama",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to reiterate the importance of Constitution making. We have said that it is a serious matter. We have said that it is an important matter. The country cannot move at all without the principle law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I go on, I want to thank hon. Murungi and my Professor here. Maybe, they have a reason for allowing me to speak-- A much more closer reason. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree that not so many Cabinet Ministers should actually be in the Committee. But I think that some of them should be in it to balance and help hon. Karua to start up this process and get it sailing! I do not think any group should be left out. Cabinet Ministers, hon. Members, the group that the young cardinal instituted--- But, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have got one important thing, and I hope hon. Members will listen to me. The Bomas Draft was actually destroyed by the Executive. It is Cabinet Ministers, led by the then Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs who came through the door of Bomas of Kenya and ordered everybody out! That was the end of Constitution making and the Bomas Draft. It is actually the Executive who killed it! So, we must be cautious which Members of the Cabinet go in there. But we need a group of Members of Parliament here who are reasonable, and who will be able to put things together, without really being out of control. One other thing, Mr. Speaker, Sir, is that, during the colonial advent when the white men came to this country, it is my community - the Maasai - that suffered most! 4162 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 16, 2008"
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