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    "id": 261566,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. I am supporting this Motion in a qualified manner. First, it took the Speaker himself at the workshop in Mombasa to let the country know that the Executive was sleeping on the job because it had yet to petition Parliament. This House, particularly this side, heard you and we petitioned Parliament as provided for in terms of signatures from the Members. I want to thank the Members who appended their signatures. Although we did not raise enough signatures as required, we made our point. We are happy you heard us and the Executive heard us although belatedly as usual. If the Executive listened to what we had proposed; that we resume the business of the House on 7th February, this reduction would not be taking place. I am also happy the Leader of Government Business has indicated that the Orders from No.12 will be dropped. I want to confirm that it is not the three names that he talked about, but this is the position of the Back Bench. The intention of the Government to bypass a Departmental Committee of that nature, namely, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, can only demonstrate one thing - and we are confirming our worst fears - that the failure by the Leader of Government Business and the House Business Committee to constitute the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee was so that we do not deal with issues like devolution. If this House allowed that to happen, we would completely have been accused of being party to an Executive that is not interested in implementing this Constitution. The heart of this Constitution is devolution. For devolution not to go through the Departmental Committee is not only abusing the privilege of Parliament but also abusing the Kenyan electorate."
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