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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I also stand to support this Motion. I want to point out a few issues here. This Parliament is being blamed for no reason at all. An institution like CIC, which is mandated by the law to meet deadlines with regard to the Bills, is the one that is failing this country. That Commission needs to be censured. Secondly, CIOC has also failed four months down the line. That is because when you look at the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, there are certain Bills which require to be tabled in Parliament based on a specific deadline. Therefore, when we come here and say that the 27th August is the deadline and it means that if we do not pass this Bill, somebody can go to court and demand that the President dissolves the House, we should know that choices have consequences. Some of us are never afraid to go back and face the electorate. I want to tell my friends on the other side that you can be very effective on the tyranny of numbers, but with very useless Motions. But when it comes to constitutional Motions, the tyranny of the Opposition or the Minority is very effective. You cannot pass any constitutional issue without a two-thirds majority and you cannot get it without this side of the House. So, from today, we need to see the most important thing for this nation. The issue of the mood of the House is a way of gagging the Members from contributing. There is no mood-meter. I have not seen any mood-meter displayed here to measure the mood of the House. So, we should stop that habit. Let the Members contribute effectively, so that Kenyans can understand that their representatives are debating very important issues. When it comes to the issue of seniority, and I want to comment on that, as we pass this Motion tomorrow, we want hon. Kamanda, the Chairperson of the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to confirm to this House who is senior. He knows the value of seniority. He was a Cabinet Minister and when he landed in Bangkok, the only person the Thai people would recognize was the General. I had to save this fellow from embarrassment. So, when you talk about seniority, it is very important. We know that we have equal rights in this House, but in the United States, the Congress, the most senior Senator that they refer to is John McCain. Any President coming to power will get John McCain and other two senior Senators for consultations. We cannot allow seniority to die. We must respect seniority. So, I support this Motion. We need to reign in the Charles Nyachae Commission. It is the one which is failing this country. I was a Member of CIOC under the former Chairman, hon. Abdikadir and not a single commission could challenge anything if they were not meeting their deadlines. So, the Chairperson of the CIOC and the Committee Members are sleeping on the job. With those few remarks, I support."
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