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    "content": "Minister to plead with the President to withdraw it completely and sign it into law so that we do not have any Bill that contradicts the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. That law was illegal. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to request the Minister to head hunt bold Kenyans. I do not know how you define “bold” but you must find a way of getting very bold Kenyans. A Commission like this one must have people who are fearless, who take the Government to account on daily basis and are ready to risk their own lives. When I looked at the qualifications, I did not see the word “bold”. I thought that that would be one of the qualifications of a commissioner of this nature. There should be a way to determine that boldness. Maybe if he has struggled or there is a history relating to that. We need that. I am happy that the Minister himself, again, said that it is illegal to send Kenyans to Uganda to try them there. I was very happy that this came from him. However, we have an arm of the Government which is shipping Kenyans away every day. They are doing this illegally against the Constitution and our laws. We want a human rights commission that can be vigilant all the time. We have a possibility that, in future, we can get a Government Minister or Inspector-General of Police who disregards the Constitution and does what he thinks fit following advice from one sector of the Government or the other. We will require these commissioners to be vigilant. I also support the commissions to be split. I might not have an opportunity to contribute to the next Bill that the Minister will move, but we require that split. The Gender and Equality Commission should be completely separate because the history of the country has shown that these two sectors suffered. I know there was particularly open discrimination against gender and marginalized groups. I am happy the Minister has found it fit to split it. However, on the other Bill, he needs to build not only on gender but also on equality issues. It is very weak on equality issues and we realized that we need to improve on that. In fact, it truly becomes gender and equality---"
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