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"speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I should have began my presentation by joining the Deputy Leader of Government Business in apologizing profusely to this House for what happened this morning. That is basically because of what happened; the death of the late hon. John Michuki. I was chairing a funeral committee at exactly 9.00 a.m. this morning. There are no hidden agendas over this matter. Therefore, if we can let the bygones be bygones with regard to what happened this morning, where the Front Bench was not looking so good, we owe it to this country. We want to offer an apology. Now that we are all here, I repeat my call. Even if there are some who may have walked out at this particular moment, I know that when the Division Bell gets finally rung, they will all come back to the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with you that it is not right to impute improper motive on the part of any leader; whether he or she is here or not. But this being the first major debate culminating in the two-thirds threshold, I think, as I have always said, it is incumbent upon this House to rise to the occasion and show leadership when it comes to the implementation of this Constitution. I do happen to know that the professional society, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and even the Chairman of the Law Reform Commission himself, Mr. Mâinoti, are clear when it comes to the quality of the Bills that are before this House. We need to do the best we can to correct those anomalies, so that we can give this country quality, considering that we fought for Independence, in the first instance, because of land. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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