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    "id": 255640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/255640/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
        "slug": "beth-mugo"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the very eloquently delivered Speech by His Excellency the President. This Speech directed itself to the needs and aspirations of this country. At a time when there is so much animosity and disrespectful utterances from politicians, His Excellency was able to focus himself on the needs of this country and ignored all those sideshows which have been going on. The Presidential Address was forthcoming, honest and very focused. I would like to congratulate His Excellency the President for accepting the referendum results. All over the world, it is unusual for governments to admit defeat. This Government did not even attempt to rig like we witnessed in the past. Instead, it has given the way forward for Kenyans to realise a new Constitution. We must admit that the President was elected by a popular vote. He is the one to show the way forward. We all know that there is only one Government at a time. Therefore, there are no two governments to give direction in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what the President has done by appointing a committee of eminent persons; people who are well respected in their fields, is laudable. These people are not politicians. The appointment of Ambassador Kiplagat as the chairman of this committee is worth noting. This gentleman successfully steered the Somalia peace process. The President could not have appointed a better person to lead that committee. If we go thorough the curriculum vitaes of those people who were appointed to that committee, we notice that they are not politicians. They are the cream in the academia world. They are people who are well trained and I believe they will advise the Government on the way forward. As much as people try to say that there were no consultations, it is worth noting that the mandate of this committee is not to write a new Constitution, but to come up with the way forward. After presenting their recommendations to the Government, it has been made quite clear that all stakeholders will be part and parcel of the process. It is time we honoured and respected these eminent people. We do not have to go outside this country to source for professionals to help us. We should commend His Excellency the President for appointing that committee of eminent Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also would like to commend His Excellency the President for showing this House that we need to focus on the issue of legislation. It is legislation that will make 124 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 28, 2006 a difference in this country, not the shouting we have witnessed from senior hon. Members who should be showing maturity in politics. They should not be bickering all the time---"
}