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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion of Adjournment, because of the following reasons. First, the Parliamentary Committees that were formed a few days ago should be given time. We want them to go and sit down, read reports, focus on them and get the way forward. We are saying that, as a Parliament, if we have formed the Committees, that is not the end of the story. They need to go and sit in those Committees and come up with the way forward in the next 15 days. The second fundamental issue is that, as Members of Parliament, your leadership does not end here. You need to go to your constituencies, or serve the Government if you are in it. This is the time when Members of the Front Bench need to go to their Ministries and scrutinise their budgets that their technical teams are presenting to the Minister for Finance. I want to disagree with the former Minister for Finance, Mr. Okemo, and say that this is very crucial to those of us in the Government. We should see what our technical officers are presenting to the Minister for Finance. Lastly, this is another opportunity for the proposed Grand Opposition to go out, sit and prepare to table their Bill. You need time outside this House. I want to give my input here. This House needs a Grand Opposition. There are no two ways about it. Why do I say so? The same hon. Members who want to form a Grand Opposition are the same hon. Members who supported the Grand Coalition Government. They gave their votes, points and said that this country needed a Grand Coalition Government. These are the same hon. Members, who are the chairs and members of various watchdog Committees. If an hon. Member on the other side is the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), or the Public Investments Committee (PIC), then you must allow the same group to form a structure to put the Government on check. I do not see the reason why some particular people should panic. These are very honest Members. They want to serve this country. They want to put the other side of the House on check. As a Member of the Government, I want these hon. Members to check my own Ministry and say where the Government has gone wrong. They should be able to say that they are seeing the fathers and culprits of Anglo Leasing coming back to this country, or that they are seeing the Grand Regency Hotel issue coming back. We need a vibrant Official May 14, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1051 Opposition. So, whoever says that Kenyans do not need a Grand Opposition is cheating himself. Kenyans want both sides of the House to check each other. My fellow hon. Members from the Opposition, I know you are honest, but we are telling you that the Leader of Government Business and the House are giving you a chance to go back, sit, reorganize yourselves and convince us to pass your Bill."
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