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    "id": 28474,
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    "text_counter": 188,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 188,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are 18 Orders of the day and, clearly, this is substantial work. The reason for moving this Motion has to do with the need for us to beat the constitutional deadline of 26th August, 2011. I want to mention here that the Cabinet, on its part, has discussed all the Bills that are in accordance with Schedule Five. The onus now is clearly on the House to do our bit. I have said before, from the Floor of this House, that the Tenth Parliament has a date with destiny. It is this House that so proudly gave this country a document that is now world acclaimed as one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. However, as the Tenth Parliament, we also have to provide leadership in terms of making sure that this Constitution is fully implemented. One does understand the anxiety with which Kenyans have been viewing the deliberations of the House so far with regard to beating the 26th August, 2011 deadline. Therefore, I want to congratulate each Member of this House because I know that they have been ready to get on with the business of debating all the Bills that come to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of the wide consultations that have been taking place amongst the stakeholders, namely the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee(CIOC), the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs and other stakeholders, there has been a measure of delay with regard to bringing before the House the Bills. However, I am now happy to mention that there have been wide consultations as a result of which each hon. Member will now have in his or her possession a minimum of seven Bills. Therefore, it is clear that we will have to burn the midnight oil. At the level of the House Business Committee, we actually met at a very unusual time yesterday, being a Monday, which is not a parliamentary day, because of the gravity of the situation that is facing us. We were able to recommend – which we again hereby do before this House – that we sit for as long as it is necessary to ensure the full implementation of the Constitution. Even our Catering Committee has been very kind. I am informed that even our Muslim brothers and sisters, who are fasting can have their"
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