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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to second the Motion. I know Members of this House have very little to do with the delay in the process as far as the implementation process is concerned. The Members of the Back Bench who are in the critical committees have been, for the last few months, pleading with the other institutions that handle this matter to hurry up this process so that Parliament can have its time with this process. However, that has not happened. I plead with my colleagues in the Back Bench and I will plead with the House that two wrongs do not make one right. We in the Back Bench and we in this House have been pleading to have these Bills for the last few months. We honestly believe that, that could have been done but that did not happen. Now we are faced with a situation where Parliament either breaches the Constitution and seeks more time or we burn the midnight oil and move this process forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard discussions about the quality of the Bills. Let me assure Members that each of these Bills has been in the works for years. The Bills on elections have been in the works for the last three years; since the Kriegler Commission. The Bills on the Police have had task force after task force handling them. The Bills on devolution have had the devolution task force handling them. It is time that we uphold as a House to rise to the occasion. This House has time and again risen to that occasion. Time has come for the Kenyan public to know that this House has bent over backwards to ensure that it meets its duties to the country and the Constitution. It is now time, once more, for this House to burn the midnight oil for us to move forward with this process with a serious plea to the Members of Parliament that we need their support in this critical time. I support."
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