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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I referred to a specific section which says that: “The function of the Cabinet is to advise and aid the Government of Kenya except for advice on appointment, leave and travel of a Minister or an Assistant Minister.” That is within the old Constitution. However, I believe there are Ministers who are acting, and are doing a commendable job; that is not impairing the work of Parliament. Now, coming back to the programme - I think that is a more serious issue - the issue that was raised by hon. Odhiambo-Mabona is that we are very aware of the need to have all these Bills coming to the Floor of the House for full implementation of the Constitution. However, as I said in my statement, a Bill can only come here when it has been published and is ready for debate in the House. We cannot bring to the House a Bill that is not ready for debate. All the Bills that have gone to the Cabinet have been processed. As of this week, all the Bills on the police have been processed, they are going to be published and then they will come here at least for the First Reading and then the process takes off. The Bill on administrative of justice which should have been on the Order Paper on Tuesday, the Minister requires more consultation on it because of a request by stakeholders. Again, because of the manner of the stakeholder consultations, of which the House is aware, we cannot fast track them, because that will also be going against the process that hon. Ethuro has so ably argued here. We do not want to short change anyone; we know the importance of public participation. So, it is a situation that we are all very much alive to. Until a Bill has been published, gone to a committee and we have received a report from the committee, it will be futile to put it on the Order Paper; we will find that it cannot progress, because the public participation that is expected at the committees and on the Floor of the House will not have taken place. We will try to fast track them. I want to inform the hon. Members that there is no deliberate delay by anyone to frustrate the process. As the Bills mature, they will come to the Floor of this House, and I want to see hon. Members working extra time so as to fast track them."
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