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    "id": 402965,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. You heard me cheer my dear friend, hon. Esther, saying “Esther for President!” The things she has said are really worthy of presidential material. I want to say that this Bill has come at a timely moment. Just this morning, we were discussing the demise of the parents of one of our colleague, hon. Aduma, who were brutally murdered by very bad elements in our society. Let me take this opportunity to also send my condolences to him, his family and his constituents. Listening to what hon. Members have said, it is clear that insecurity is a big problem in this country. Insecurity does not spare anyone. Only the other day, there was a shootout in Lavington. So, insecurity is everywhere. You cannot say that it is a poor man’s problem. It is a problem which affects the entire country. The Westgate Shopping Mall attack is not a poor man’s issue, even though I know that it is a terrorism issue. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I am saying is that we must be able to deal with the issue of insecurity urgently. For me, it is important that as we look at this Bill, we do so from that perspective. There are issues that are bedevilling the security sector, which we must deal with very honestly. This Parliament should not go down the annals of history as the Parliament that is reversing all the constitutional gains that were made during the Tenth Parliament. Sometimes I feel amused when I hear Kenyans say how terrible this Parliament is yet not so long ago they said that there could never be a worse Parliament than the Tenth Parliament. I am not saying that we are the worst Parliament but I do not want us to get there. However, given the way we are moving, we seem like we are headed there. Just yesterday, we passed a Bill on matrimonial property that is reversing some of the gains made previously. The amendment we are dealing with is reversing some of those gains. Article 246(3) of the Constitution provides as follows:- “246(3) The Commission shall –"
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