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    "speaker_name": "Mr. J. Nyagah",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nthiga Nyagah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. We have a lot of unfinished work, as it was clearly stated by the previous speaker. We still have many Bills that need to be sorted out. The one that is very close to be concluded is the Supplies Practitioners Management Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a few days ago, we were persuaded to wait for it this week because it was going to the Committee Stage. So, if we can wait for a few more days, we can conclude it. We can earn a reputation as a House that finishes Bills. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have serious problems in Arusha. We are grinding December 7, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4303 the East African Community (EAC) to a halt. I think we have issues to deal with, the appointment of Members of Parliament to East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). I think we need to be around to resolve that issue, so that we are not held responsible for \"killing\" the community. We were accused of the same in 1977. It will be wrong for us to earn that kind of reputation, for the second time. I was going to bring the Money Laundering Bill. The Government brought one two weeks ago. After the First Reading, it is going to die. It is a very important Bill, especially as we go for elections. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should have a Money Laundering Bill in place. I suggest that we give it time, so that we could take it to Second Reading and help Mr. Kimunya to solve serious problems that face that particular sector. There are many Bills that were about to be brought here. There is one that we were waiting for today, which was aimed at curbing the stealing of money by engineers in the districts. We are trying to control them. We are also trying to sort out the CDF, so that wananchi can benefit. As you all know, CDF is the property of this House. It was a Private Members' Bill. It is not the Government that introduced CDF. We were going to improve it so that the accusations that are being levelled against us could cease. We could assist wananchi with more money. We need more judges to pass judgements today. We could resolve many things within a few more days. May I request the other side to accept our proposals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, title deeds have been issued at the Coast Province. I was hoping to put a case to the Government to come to my constituency and give title deeds to my people for free, like they did in Coast Province. My people are very poor. They cannot travel to Embu to get title deeds. Could the President and the Minister for Lands come to my constituency and give my people title deeds for free? Those are the things that we need to do in the next few days. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I plead with my colleagues to allow us to stay for a few more days, so that we can sort out a few things that have remained. With those few words, I hope I have persuaded everybody that we need to stay on. Therefore, I strongly oppose this Motion."
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