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    "id": 28559,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Ongoro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
        "slug": "elizabeth-ongoro"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to strongly support the Motion. Kenya is going through a transitional period and we are working within very strict timeframes. What we have in the promulgation of the new Constitution is just the hard disk. What we are providing to Kenyans now through the Bills is the software. So, really, if we do not pass these Bills, Kenyans will still not have a new Constitution. If we delay any of these Bills, some of which are very critical and which are supposed to guide us even through the next elections, then we might be forced to even delay the time of our next elections; which I do not think Kenyans want. Mr. Speaker, Sir, every Member of the Tenth Parliament, and I am very proud of all the gentlemen and ladies here, has got the capacity to get the Bills on time even before distribution here. They have the capacity to read through each Bill, which could only take about one hour, include their comments and then come here to have some serious debate. To say that we do not have enough time to interrogate the Bills is not right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my concluding remarks, it has been said that desperate situations call for desperate measures. Every hon. Member here must now within his programme, provide for that desperate measure of going through the Bills in their own time, and coming to debate those same Bills here on time. We are not going to allow certain situations which were really the reasons for which Kenyans overwhelmingly supported a new Constitution to continue without proper reason. I believe that even out there - as we sit here, I was just hearing some whistles - I believe that Kenyans are already watching our debate and the whole country is against the extension of time. Can we extend our sittings and debate these Bills on time? I support. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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