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    "content": "Hon. Government, let me tell you this today: If we had the mongrel which we have just heard, you would be the Prime Minister of this country. Those Ministers you do not like, you would be the Prime Minister of this country. Think about it! So, hon. Speaker, even the Bills that the Leader of Majority Party - with a light touch - is advising us to do, in the last Parliament, I passed most Private Members Bills. That process is tedious. For example, the Consumer Protection Bill had started eight years ago and it only passed early this year. So, that process is very tedious and even for politics, it is not a way we can manage resources of our constituencies. There are real issues and I want to urge this House to look at what is best for our country. Hon. Speaker, Sir, let me say this to Kenyans: Thee so-called pure presidential system can only work where there is one tribe. What we are having today is a tribal system where the big five tribes will always collude and rule the smaller ones for ever. At any one time, the Luos, Luhya and Kalejins will group, the rest of the 38 tribes will not see anything. This is not a good system for this country! Hon. A.B. Duale, I can tell you that under the pure presidential system that you seem to adore, you will never be the president of this country. That is because nobody from your community will manage. So, we want to have a Kenya where political parties can work and everybody has an equal opportunity under the law. That way, we will not end up having Kenyans being angry at one another when we can sort that out. Laws are made for man not man for laws. It is us to sort it out. In fact, I said it over the last years, even in forums where the hon. Speaker was. The hon. Retired President and the retired Prime Minister told Kenyans that 20 per cent of the Constitution is bad. They enjoyed the old Constitution and never said a single thing about how to sort out the 20 per cent that was bad. They refused! So, it is not that we cannot talk about this. They convinced us to vote and that 20 per cent can take us somewhere. The 20 per cent is the crux of the matter. It is not good. I can tell you, if we stay like this, the top five tribes in this country will rule this country forever. We need to think properly. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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