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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue raised by Mr. Ogindo, I totally agree that we need to prioritize the Bills, especially those that have an implication on what will happen between the time we go on a break, or when this House adjourns for good, and the time when the new House will sit. The Bill you have just cited is just one such Bill on how the Government will be co-ordinated. Although it is a five-year period, you might end up with two parallel systems. Unless we are able to talk about it ourselves in this House, we will end up with some purgatory kind of situation, where you will have two different systems in operation. The House that is coming after this one may not have the institutional memory that we have in terms of what we want done. That is why some of these Bills are coming; without anticipating debate that will be discussed when the Bill finds itself on the Floor of the House. We are very careful and selective in what comes; without necessarily saying that any of the Bill is unimportant, there are some that are crucial for purposes of moving forward and then the transition dove-tailing into the two systems. There is what is happening now and what will happen under the new dispensation. We especially need to ensure that devolution will take root. If that does not happen, then we shall all have lost the time we have invested in getting in place the new system which will be of benefit to the Kenyan people. In terms of the revenue Bills, I assured you that Parliament has already passed the Motion; it is just printing of those Bills and getting them over here. I am sure we will be able to pass all those and process them within the course of next week. I want to seek your indulgence because I know there have been challenges in getting most of these things here. We will do our best, as the House Business Committee, to process whatever is before us."
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