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    "id": 20366,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion of Adjournment but with some reservations. It is true that the House has done a commendable job, particularly in the implementation of the Constitution. My concern is the issue of the Committee of Justice and Legal Affairs. That Committee of the House was set up in accordance with the Constitution and the Standing Orders. We were promised that this issue will be resolved in one way or the other. There have been delays again and again. The House is now about to adjourn without a solution to the matter. Allowing this issue to take that long is not only hurting Members of the Committee, but also the whole mechanism of implementing the new Constitution. The alternative strategies that have been identified to deal with this, namely, to refer the work of the Committee to another organ of the House should be understood clearly that it is flawed and ridden with constitutional challenges. The decision arrived at can easily be challenged on a constitutional criteria. Therefore, I am urging the House Business Committee, even as we proceed on recess, to move fast and resolve this matter. It is quite clear that one of the political parties may have had its own disagreements. However, to allow disagreements in a political party to a hold into paralysis one of the organs of this House is creating a very unfortunate precedence. I, therefore, hope that the House Business Committee will address this issue."
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