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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Were",
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        "legal_name": "David Aoko Were",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am supporting! I have an experience on this issue. Sometime last year, during the Ninth Parliament, I opposed a Motion of Adjournment under the pretext that we had a lot of work that we were yet to do. We defeated the Motion of Adjournment but continued to have a problem of lack of quorum. I really do not believe that we should not adjourn. We know the reasons for adjournment. It has been a tradition. I believe that it is necessary that we adjourn so that the Ministry of Finance can have time to prepare the Budget for this year. The Budget is the single most important business of this May 14, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1055 House. This is because it is discussed for a whole half of the period of any Session of any Parliament. I support that we should adjourn so that the Ministry can have time to prepare the Budget. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are saying that we do not need to adjourn because there is still a lot of work to be done. However, all the work of this Parliament is not only done in the Chamber. Nearly 75 per cent of Parliament's work is done in the Committees. Therefore, as we adjourn, Committees will still work. If Committees will be working, then the work of Parliament will still be going on. So, we cannot say that there will be no work going on. I do not believe that when we are on recess we must be at home. We can be on recess and continue doing our Committee work. We have a problem of IDPs. We are elected hon. Members and we act as parents in the constituencies. We have the process of resettlement that is going on. As parents, we cannot say that we can help in harmonisation or bonding when we are in Nairobi. We need to be down on the ground where there are problems, so that we can see harmonisation going on. For that reason, I request that hon. Members who are opposing change their minds so that as we go towards the end of the time allocated to this Motion, they vote for the Motion of Adjournment. We are having a problem with Bills. We are hear that the Government does not have enough Bills. I also believe that during this time of recess, the Government side will have time for the Ministers to go back to their Ministries and work so that we can have enough Bills. If we keep them here, I do not see how they will come up with Bills in their Ministries. They also need time to go back to their Ministries and come up with policies and Bills which can be debated here."
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