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    "id": 185711,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I want, at the very outset, to state that I support this Motion, but very reluctantly so. Let me say that if the Motion goes through, I want to start by wishing my colleagues a good and fruitful recess. The session that we are just ending has been very successful. The House has passed very many important Bills and Motions, and the most notable one is the Bill on the Constitution of Kenya Review. This is a Bill that is going to enable us to jump-start the constitutional review process which has been very elusive for very many years. I want to state that this Tenth Parliament has a golden opportunity to give this country a new Constitution. I want to warn my colleagues that, if we fail to give a new constitution to this country, we are going to be judged very harshly. The common Kenyans have played their role. We went to Bomas of Kenya and came up with the draft Constitution. I think the whole problem in the process of constitutional making has been the leadership of this country. It is high time that we used the provisions of this Bill to give Kenyans a new Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we proceed on this recess - that is if this Motion goes through-- - I want to urge my colleagues in the Government that, as they go for recess, to reflect on the performance of this particular Government. We were elected on a platform of zero-tolerance to corruption. But, amazingly, it is turning out that most corruption accusations are cropping up during the tenure of this particular Government. Sometimes, I feel ashamed to serve in this Government that is being attacked left, right and centre. I feel ashamed for the deeds that my colleagues in the Government are doing. It is so shameful. By insisting on going on this recess, it is reflecting very badly on the Government side."
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