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    "id": 261590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/261590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. But I want to remind this House and country that the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) on a number of occasions has asked the Executive, which had 18 months, to prepare these very important Bills and present them to Parliament in vain. Absolutely, there was no reason the Government had to wait until the last minute to rush these laws into this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many times this House asks the Leader of Government Business, on Thursdays when he reads the order of business for the following week, to tell us the status of these particular Bills. The Executive for some reason decided to keep these Bills until the last minute. We want to give a warning to the Executive that this hide and seek must stop. The Back Bench is sending a very strong message to the Executive that we are not going to be used as rubberstamps. It is not going to be business as usual and if you dare us again, the way you did dare us by listing these Orders up to number 15, we will show you that we are not going to be party to rushing Bills in this House. I would ask the Executive to show commitment to the implementation of this Constitution. I have a feeling that there is a significant percentage of the Executive that is not committed to implementation of this Constitution. But we want to ask that we are not doing this to please you, but for the people of Kenya who gave themselves this Constitution. You have no choice but to co-operate, otherwise, you are not going to find a friendly Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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