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    "id": 261591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion. I want to thank my colleagues, the Backbenchers, for supporting this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in contributing to my support, I want to reassure the hon. Members that the Government had no intention whatsoever of bringing these Bills to Parliament as a last-minute strategy. As the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government will be saying when the Bills are substantially debated, the process of originating these Bills, given that devolution is a new thing in Kenya, has been a long consultative process and the Cabinet has, indeed, taken its time to make sure that the Bills come into the House on this important issue, given that their trial will meet the standards of details and consonance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya that the hon. Members have asked for this afternoon. I, therefore, beseech hon. Members to debate not just this Motion reducing the number of days from 14 to 11 days, but I look forward to a very constructive discussion of the Bills. As hon. Samoei has said, they will comb it with a toothcomb; please, also use a hair-comb if you can to make sure that no non-line is left unattended to. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, again in supporting this Motion, let me assure hon. Mbadi, the Member for Gwasi, that the Government has no intention whatsoever in using the Backbenchers as rubberstamps. On the contrary, the Government will appreciate it if Members of Parliament turned themselves into rubber tyres on which the people of Kenya will ride into devolved government having discussed thoroughly these Bills, and relying on the sound strength of these rubber tyres which will bear this nation to success. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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