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    "id": 39346,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/39346/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Gaichuhie",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 17,
        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for finally noticing that I was around. I also rise to support the Motion on Adjournment and also thank the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs for the number of Bills that he has been able to bring to this House. I also want to urge him that we are going on recess and we would wish him to bring more Bills so that we do not have to shorten the publication period. This will enable us to participate fully and also give the public an opportunity to participate instead of reducing the number of days. I also want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance because of the good Budget that he presented to this House the other day. I would also like to say that we have allowed him to borrow and we would urge him to ask the other Ministries that are supposed to bring the Sessional Papers to do so quickly enough so that we can be able to borrow and increase the amount of energy in this country because we are about to go on a 24 hour economy and we want to industrialize our country. I do not think we can do that without energy. Since Parliament has increased the ceiling, he should bring the Sessional Papers very quickly so that we pass them and have borrowings and be able to increases energy in this country. I also want to thank the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for the good work they have been doing; vetting the judges and right now, we have them in place. The Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is having a problem because the work the CIOC is doing right now is supposed to be done by the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. I would urge Parliament and particularly the Office of the Speaker and the Office of the Clerk to ensure that we have the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs running so that we do not overload the CIOC. Finally, I also want to say that, yes, we are going on recess. But when we say we are going on recess, Kenyans out there think that parliamentarians are going home to sleep. I want to let our constituents know that this is the time that parliamentarians do a"
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