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    "id": 283066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you because what I am saying here is of immense interest and benefit to this country. I am happy to inform the Members that the process has remained on course and on schedule. Indeed, all the timelines have been met and for this reason, I would like to thank and congratulate the Members for their demonstrated dedication to making the new Constitution work. It is my pleasure to present the details of the enactment of the new laws in the table that is appended to my Statement. If I can go into some detail, within the one year period, we had to do the following:- (i) Legislation on citizenship: The due date was 26th August, 2011. The status with regard to the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 is that the same was enacted. The Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons has formed a taskforce on citizenship and the related provisions of our Constitution, which is developing regulations for implementation of these two Acts. The same goes for the Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service Act, 2011, which was enacted on 1st November, 2011. (ii) Under the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission, we have already enacted The Commission on Administrative Justice Act, 2011, and the chairperson and the commissioners duly appointed. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Act, 2011, was also enacted and the commissioners are serving the remainder of their unexpired terms. We have also enacted the National Gender and Equality Commission Act, 2011. The chairperson and commissioners have also been appointed. With regard to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act, the same was also enacted and we beat the deadline of 26th August, 2011. The appointment of three commissioners of the Commission is still pending in Parliament. The Speaker ruled that the Leader of Government Business should bring a Motion to retable the names in the House. I think that is already business before this House for this afternoon. With regard to legislation on elections, we were able to enact the Elections Act, 2011. Amendments have been proposed to the Act to ensure its alignment and consistency with the Constitution, and to ensure a smooth transition from the previous Acts."
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