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    "content": "failed leadership of the Government both inside and outside this House. We knew from day one that some of these constitutional Bills ought to have been published and put to the public in good time, so that both members of the public and the hon. Members critically interrogate them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the import of what we are trying to do this morning is to come up with a crash programme that will deny hon. Members and the Kenyan public at large every constitutional opportunity to have participated in this. It is high time that also the leadership of the House, in particular the Speaker and the Government is told in no uncertain terms that implementation of the new Constitution is a very expensive process. We promulgated the new Constitution, but its implementation will be a very expensive process. Domesticating it is becoming a challenge simply to us because some people somewhere have failed to do what they were supposed to do. I am glad that the Attorney- General, the Minister for Justice, National Cohension and Constitutional Affairs, the Leader of Government Business and the Deputy Leader of Government Business are here. It is their work to make sure that these Bills are published in time, so that Members of Parliament and the Kenyan public gets time to participate in doing some of this. Right now, the Members of the Back Bench are being denied their legitimate time to do some of the things that they ought to do. Wednesday morning is normally reserved for the Back Bench. But because of the urgency and the critical nature of these Bills, in particular the National Intelligence Security Bill, the National Security Council Bill, the Leadership and Integrity Bill and the Petitions to Parliament (Procedure) Bill they cannot be delayed. I want to urge my colleagues, notwithstanding the crash programme, we be prepared to interrogate these Bills seriously, so that we meet expectations of the Kenyan public. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Procedural Motion."
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