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    "id": 28541,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have persuaded myself that the challenge ahead of us is enormous. When I look at some of the Bills that we want to address by this extension, one of them is the Election Bill. We should ask ourselves what we want to achieve in that Bill. Hon. Members, you will realize that this is the answer to Government’s tendency to push things down our throats. If the Coalition Government is unable to perform--- It has taken it one year to give us what it is now giving us in a period of one week. What greater opportunity do we have than to fast track the exercise today, have the Act on Elections in place and ask the country to go into elections so that we can be given a proper Government that can give us the order that we need in this country! Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are now asking ourselves to make a small sacrifice, namely, we work extended hours. As we work those extended hours, we must know that, in the process of Constitution, now at its tail end, we are not the only ones that are making a sacrifice. There are many Kenyans who have made greater sacrifices than us. There are people who have died because of this process. If we sit a few more hours so that the souls of people like Odhiambo Mbai can rest in peace - they lost their lives looking for a Constitution for this country - we will have done justice, not just to him, but also to members of his family. Finally, one of the things that I will suffer when I sit here for prolonged hours is that I do not like eating supper after 10.00 O’clock. We have people in this country who do not have that kind of luxury because of bad governance courtesy of bad leadership. They are dying because nobody gives them food. Let us pass this particular Motion so that we have a leadership in the country that can allow me to eat on time, and ensure that all Kenyans can eat on the time that they want. I support."
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