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    "id": 197587,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Laikipia East",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know of an Assistant Minister who, when attending international conferences to represent the Government--- You would hear it being announced, for example, that the Minister of State of Tanzania is going to give a key-note address, while an Assistant Minister from Kenya was seen as a personal assistant to the Minister. They are not recognised anywhere in the world! I am also hoping that as we constitute this--- Pole to the Assistant Ministers! I have been a senior one, but for sure we could really have been courteous to give them that title of \"Deputy Minister\" and responsibilities. That way, we shall be able to move forward as a team. Otherwise, we cannot have teamwork where some of the players are not recognised. They are not even reserve players! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at Clause 4(4) of this Bill, it states thus:- \"The office of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister shall become vacant only if---\" They have said everything else, but I am wondering - God forbid - if the Prime Minister or his deputies are incapacitated, what do you do with them? It is not provided here! What about if they become bankrupt and they have just come from campaigns? It could happen that I am appointed a Deputy Prime Minister when I am not very \"loaded\" and then tomorrow, I become bankrupt. We have not addressed that in this Bill. I remember Mr. Speaker saying that in 1992, we enacted laws here and for 10 years we could not change those laws. These are issues we could have looked at, but in the spirit of reconciliation, we are not going to highlight anything. We are going to pass the Bill as it is, hoping that we shall address that question as soon as possible, lest it is overtaken by events when we bring the actual amendments to the Constitution, whichever comes first. I hope that none of them will be incapacitated or become bankrupt by then. There is this issue of---"
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