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    "id": 281559,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mureithi",
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        "legal_name": "Erastus Kihara Mureithi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand here to support the Motion. I happen to have been a Member of the Departmental Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. As we organise ourselves on how to extend the time for the passage of the Bills, we must really give thanks to the Speaker’s Panel, because we were able to raise 152 Members. Therefore, I want to support this Motion because the Government has found out that there exist some exceptional circumstances which need to be looked into. When it comes to debating the Bill on county devolution and the Public Financial Management Bill, we shall put our input there and address ourselves to our own problems. We will also debate and see what can be done. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, my experience with the extension of the legislation period for the three land Bills is enormous. We learnt a lot because we went round the whole country and collected views. Even when we went to Mombasa, where our Minister for Lands was, he was very satisfied with the views that we collected from the public, and they incorporated those views in the lands Bills. Therefore, if we do not pass this Motion, we will go into history as a Parliament that failed itself half way through. We did very well to pass the Constitution in 2010. We have done very well so far. We have even stayed here until midnight to pass various constitutional Bills. I see no reason as to why we cannot burn the midnight oil and pass this Motion. I do not see why we cannot get enough Members of Parliament to pass this Bill, so that we devolve the Government and get enough funds to finance the devolved governments as well as the National Government. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, therefore, I see no harm in us supporting this Motion and even accepting the fact that His Excellency the President has the mandate of pointing out areas we did not cover well. Since the President sent a memorandum to us, it is for us now to reflect back and see exactly what the issues are that we were supposed to deal with. In the Constitution, the restructuring of the Provincial Administration was given five years, from the effective date. Therefore, we will look at this matter when the actual Bill is tabled in this House. In conclusion, I feel happy that I am in the Tenth Parliament, making history in terms of creation of a new Constitution for this country and at the same time being part and parcel of the Membership of this House that is passing Bills that are going to make the implementation of the new Constitution a reality. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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