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    "id": 185594,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, much obliged after a long time. I stand to oppose the Motion of Adjournment. I have very good reasons for doing so. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is necessary that Parliament performs its functions which are mainly oversight and representation. These functions must be balanced as has already been stated by my colleagues. National healing does not require a recess. It is a continuous process and it is something that we do all the time wherever we are. We do not need to go on recess to do that. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has 40 Ministries and yet so far, this House has only debated Votes for four Ministries. Surely, are we being told to go on recess then come in October, pass the Appropriations Bill at the end of that month and then guillotine the rest of the Votes for the remaining Ministries? Is that what this House is really supposed to be doing? Will that be fair to this country? We are talking about a Budget of over Kshs700 billion and yet the Votes we have dealt with do not even cover 25 per cent of that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, besides the Committees doing their work, it is important--- Even the CDF money they are talking about is captured in the Printed Estimates. We need to be sure that August 7, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2453 this money has been allocated before we go to see what it is doing there. We are not really saying that we adjourn forever or that we do not go on recess at all. All we are saying is that we should give ourselves some extra time, maybe, one week or two weeks more in order to complete some of these important things and even provide for a few extra Ministerial Votes to be debated. After that, we can go to our constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, it is important that Committees do their work. That has been said by many of the hon. Members. However, if you do your work and you cannot present a Report or you do not have one to present, you really will have done nothing as was demonstrated this afternoon. Thank you very much."
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