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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to do the obvious which is to support the Motion. I am doing so because it is the obvious thing to do at this time. It is not strange for Parliament to adjourn in order to allow hon. Members an opportunity to go and consult more closely with their constituents in order to come back and represent them in a manner that they wish to be represented. It is even more compelling now that we almost lost our country called Kenya following the post-election violence. This country almost went into pieces. We came here when the country was bleeding. We came to elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly at a time when the country was bleeding. We are glad that we came because it was necessary for us to create some laws that would have assisted in bringing back stability to Kenya. Now, that we have done that, it is high time the Grand Coalition Government together with the House went to the countryside and advised our people against the pitfalls of taking the law into their hands. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need reconciliation, healing and comfort in all the regions of this country. For that to happen, we need to adjourn and get back to the countryside and let our people understand that the stability and togetherness of Kenyans is more important than anything else that we should strive to look for. We have an opportunity during the recess to consult with our people vis-a-vis the constitutional review process. This process has been outstanding for a long time. When I looked at the Bill yesterday when we were discussing it here, it gives very little opportunity for the country to participate once more in a review process. We need to go and tell our people that a lot of this work has been done and what remains to be done is very little. We need to get their input so that we can have a successful review process. The other thing that makes it necessary for us to adjourn is to allow this Government to bond. We know that this Government has been cobbled together at a time of crisis and we need it to serve a full term. Just yesterday, we heard two conflicting statements from two offices of the same Government, that is, the Office of the Prime Minister and that of the Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service. We, therefore, need to allow the Government an opportunity to go and engage in soul-searching so that they can understand that we August 7, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2469 have one Government and not two for the people of the Republic of Kenya, contrary to the perceptions that we see now. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, would therefore, wish to support this Motion in order to allow the Government an opportunity to bond. I support this Motion."
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