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    "id": 314255,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "132 Thursday, 23rd August, 2012 (P) Mr. Abdikadir",
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    "content": "No! They were not sleeping on the job. They intended for this to happen, so that we do not have enough time to interrogate these Bills. Some of these Bills have very critical issues that require serious input from Members of Parliament. Many of the Members of Parliament here are reading these Bills for the first time tonight because they were not there. These Bills were published last week because the time for publication was shortened. Tomorrow, again, we do not expect to be told that time is up and we have to increase it. We are praised like little children on the last minute. So, really we take serious exception to the Minister of Finance’s remarks. We do not want his praises. We want them to do their work so that we can do ours. The implementation of the Constitution is serious business. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the single most important action this Executive has done in the last five years is the promulgation of the new Constitution and they are taking it so lightly. In June, we called for a Kamukunji on this matter. We pleaded with them to fast- track these Bills. A month ago, I wrote to the Leader of Government Business and the Prime Minister alerting them that we have no more time. Now this late in the day, we have to bend over backwards, shorten time, sit at midnight and sit on Friday morning. It is not fair. We need from the Chair very stern action as far as the Executive is concerned before this Motion is approved."
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