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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
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    "content": "198 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 29, 2006 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my good friend, Mr. Wetangula, made an appearance before the so-called Bethwel Kiplagat Committee; the Committee of Eminent Persons. I really wondered why we even have Cabinet Ministers who cannot correctly advise His Excellency the President. My good friend, Mr. Wetangula, appeared before the Committee of Eminent Persons and said that the Referendum was illegal. Mr. Wetangula, to the best of my knowledge, is today still an Assistant Minister in this Government. When I met him later in the corridors I asked him: \"Why is it that you never opened your mouth before 21st November and correctly advised the President?\" My friend clearly did not have an answer; I am sorry to say. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only reference made to this absolutely watershed event in the Presidential Address is something to the effect that, \"despite the outcome of the Referendum last year, the Government remains committed in delivering on its promise of a new Constitution.\" I just want to suggest, with all the humility that I can summon, that I do not believe that the President was sincere in still thinking that this Government has a commitment to the process. In fact, his Government lacks the moral authority to jump-start the constitutional review process. It is a Government that has demonstrated high levels of intolerance. A good example is what happened last year. I have just said that we are a precedent-creating Parliament. I think this is good for our democracy and country. For instance, for the first time, there was serious debate and discussion touching on the matter of the composition of the House Business Committee. But just to demonstrate how intolerant this Government is, I was fired by President Kibaki, for which I thank him. But I did not have a right to be fired by the Government Chief Whip as well. I understand that the President has, within the current Constitution, prerogative powers to hire and fire. But my good friend, Mr. N. Nyagah, does not enjoy similar powers."
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