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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Yes, hon. Speaker. I agree with you. I do not want the public to see that we are full in the House just because we want to get the numbers. We have a mandate to serve the people of Kenya. It is a Tuesday afternoon when we are supposed to be in Parliament and I am sure the colleagues who went out are having tea, according to the Whips. Before we put the Question, the Bell will be rung and I am sure there are many Members who will come back. If we can raise quorum, that will be okay. We are 215 and I am sure at 215 we are yet to raise the two-thirds majority. I know from last year’s experience raising a two-thirds majority is a bit tricky but I am sure the commitment is there. Hon. Speaker, but why are we doing the extension? We are doing the extension because it is not the fault of Parliament that this Bill has come very late. It has been published. This Bill will mature on 6th of August 2013 and the moment it came to Parliament and you signed and it went to the Government Printer, Parliament did not even stay with this Bill for less than seven days. So, I am sure either the Executive or the commissions that are mandated have failed since last year because when we went for elections, CIC was not in any election. They had all the time. The Attorney-General’s office was not in any election and I am sure there are only two arms that the Bill went through. The Law Reform Commission was not in any electioneering period. So, there were only two groups that can say that they were busy between October and March or April. These were the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya and maybe the Cabinet but the other arms that were part of the process of making Bills were in office as late as two years ago."
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