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    "id": 297303,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I.E. Mohamed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to plead with the House that we have a Minister who is accessible, and anytime that he has given his word, he has always delivered. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are in transition. We are making our laws and it is this Parliament that is going to make it clear, because there are a lot of grey areas. What we are going through is normal in transition. I want to persuade my colleagues who are opposing this Motion to come on board and take the Minister’s word. We have recourse to law and it is this Parliament that is supreme. So, we are not going to lose anything by giving the Minister what he has asked for. I know that every hon. Member here wants us to follow the law, but I am pleading that we go ahead and pass this Motion and move this country forward. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those who have spoken before me have listed numerous reasons for urgent spending that needs to be done from 1st July. We sat here and said that we want the CDF proposals to be in place by 1st July, so that we implement them by December. So, the reasons are many and compelling. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion."
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