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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to contribute to the Motion for Adjournment. I rise with a sense of achievement of purpose and determination and I am a proud Member of the Tenth Parliament. I came to this Parliament particularly as a Back Bencher. Previously, I used to be poached to the half of the Executive, not the one of the Coalition but the one of an Assistant Minister. But in this Parliament, I have done a full term as a legislator and in that mandate, I have tried to observe the constitutional obligation of a Parliament under the old Constitution, Section 56, where the business of Parliament must come through Bills. As we speak about the number of Bills that have come through, I want us to remember that I have made my modest contribution to the Bills. Just this week we cleared the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Bill. Before, we had the IDP Bill and we also had the Offices of Ministers Bill where we wanted to reign in on the Executive that they do not have a bloated Executive at the expense of the Legislature. That is because it was extremely important that Parliament has the strength of the Back Bench in order to be truly representative of the Kenyan people. Some of those achievements have already been embodied in the Constitution and this Parliament has also, in addition to the Constitution of Kenya 2010--- It was also in this Parliament that Vision 2030, which my good friend the Professor started, became owned by the people of the Republic through Parliament. That is why it was tabled in this particular Parliament. These are all the efforts that we wanted to bring forth. I also want to speak with a bit of experience as somebody who was basically in the majority of Committees in this House. One of the important ones; the CIOC, Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, the CDF, Amani Forum and the other half of them I have had the privilege of chairing, including the IDP Committee where I served with you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was also a member of the Speaker’s Panel. Parliament must remain Parliament. The new Constitution demands that the Executive is very distinct from Parliament. It means that those ones of us who have had the privilege of being in this Parliament, the ones who appreciate some of our contributions especially the CDF, I was expecting hon. Members - including my good friend, Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry - to also appreciate being a Member of Amani Forum. We have passed a resolution here, as a House of the Tenth Parliament; we are all members of the Amani Forum. The Tenth Parliament is a post-election reconstruction Parliament. I want us, as we leave this Tenth Parliament, to go there with a mission; to be the peace ambassadors of the great Republic of Kenya because we have the influence. Our people rely on us. Our people expect it from us. The reason why we came with the IDP Act as it is now and the issues prosecuted therein is that never again shall we, in the history of the Republic of Kenya, cause another Kenyan to lose a life because we want to come to Parliament. I want us to leave this place with that particular commitment. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, we have achieved a lot. I have served in this Parliament in the words of the singer, Randy Travis, “as a point of light in the midst of darkness.” We have shown light at a time when the Executive had a lot of darkness for this nation. We have stood as a Parliament to the Executive and that is the way it should"
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