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    "id": 192473,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oppose this Motion of amendment in the strongest terms possible. In order to make progress, I urge that this House does not send the wrong signals to a nation that is clearly beginning to heal, to the people in the IDP camps, where some of them feel that we are sending mixed signals. If we want to cut down this figure to the one that Mr. Imanyara's Motion suggests, the message you are sending to the people, and, in fact, to investors, is that you are not sure about the future. This House is sending wrong and mixed signals. I want to urge and plead with all of you that you will have time to look at every Vote and scrutinise it; we will also be able to move Motions for the traditional 20 Shillings reduction. I want to urge my friend, the hon. Member for Nambale, to consider where we are coming from. Sometimes tradition is not necessarily negative. If it is tradition that ascertains the principle of certainty, I think we should stick to it. I want to urge that we do not send the wrong signal. This House should not appear uncertain about the future. That is why our colleagues are seeing that the Government is together. We will continue in that spirit, but for now to begin to send a wrong signal so early in the life of this Grand Coalition Government, that we can actually lose a Motion--- I do not know the under currents and do appreciate that hon. Members have legitimate concerns, but for now, we need to speak with one voice, that this Government is concerned about the need to fight poverty. There is need to start healing this land. I am certain that if we were to accept this amendment Motion, the signal that will be going out in the streets is that the Grand Coalition Government is not able to deliver on its promises. We have heard the Minister for Finance saying that contractors may feel unsure about whether to make commitments. Ministries will be handicapped. So, I passionately appeal to all of you that, let us send out a powerful signal that we will exercise our oversight roles, but we will also be conscious of what this nation needs at this 1430 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 25, 2008 stage. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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