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    "id": 306783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "17 Wednesday, 22nd August, 2012(A) The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, notwithstanding the provision of Standing Order No. 20(2) this House resolves to extend its Sitting time from 6.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. on Wednesday 22nd August (Afternoon Sitting) and Thursday 23rd August, 2012. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as has just been discussed in a Motion that has just been passed, I want to thank hon. Members of the House for giving us the opportunity to discuss Government business during this morning which was reserved for Private Members business. As it came out very clearly, the 27th of August is next Monday. We only have today morning and tomorrow afternoon to pass the Second Reading and get to the Third Reading for all these constitutional Bills. Unless we are more innovative and create this extra time, we will not be able to give adequate time for discussion as would have been be envisaged, and what we are hearing hon. Members asking for in terms of having maximum time to interrogate these Bills and contribute, and not to go through in a rushed process. So, in the House Business Committee (HBC), we decided to ask hon. Members to be magnanimous and generous enough with your time as part of our national duty to extend the Sitting today up to 10 O’clock at night. Then we can recharge our batteries in the morning and then extend the Sitting tomorrow. There may well be a possibility that depending on the progress we make tomorrow, we could actually even ask for a Sitting on Friday morning. It is not on today but I just want to alert you that depending on how we make progress, we could also be coming back to you to ask for Friday morning – at least a portion of the morning before some of our hon. Members break for their worship. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just say that these Bills are not being brought at the last minute. They have been processed through a very thorough process. All the State and non-state actors have been involved and certainly we have a lot of faith in the committee system and the committees have been taken through. They have gone through and I believe they are still meeting and that is partly the reason why the House is not as full as it should be. This is because most of the hon. Members are working on those Bills within the committees. We believe that, indeed, there will be no compromise in the quality of the Bills and legislation because we might give the impression to the outside - especially with our hostile media - that Parliament is going to rush over these Bills and give Kenyans poor quality laws. But of all the ones that we passed even with all the rush, we have taken care to ensure that the quality is not compromised. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, I believe we are in this together and I am very happy that hon. Members mentioned that the Government has not done well as per the collectivity of both Parliament and the Executive. I believe we are now being called upon to do what we need to do, which is to give Kenyan people the laws they want with the participation that they have received. I am sure hon. Members will be happy. I know that some will be reluctant to work the extra time, but we shall all go home this weekend having given Kenyans the mandatory Bills that are required by the end of this week. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few words I beg to move and ask hon. Eugene Wamalwa to second."
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