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    "id": 40488,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. At the outset, I want to indicate that we have passed the Constitution. I want to assert that at every opportunity we must be seen in conduct and in word to be implementing and keeping to the letter the contents of the Constitution that we passed. Any moment we divert from it, it will be distorted and we will be sent backwards. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that there is the urgency on the part of the Government to speed up preparation of Bills. Yes, that is how it should be. As a Member of Government, I want to say that we will endeavor to do so. I also want to plead with my colleagues on the other side that when such Bills are on the Floor of the House, let us avoid sideshows. Let us avoid issues that do not appertain to the Bill or to the matter before the House. Let us avoid partisan issues that will take us nowhere. Let us be nationalists, let us be patriotic and let us move the country in accordance with the Constitution that is in place at the moment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support, while taking note of what happened in the afternoon; the vetting rules and procedures, because it is part of this Bill. There should be vetting as incorporated in this Bill which we are now debating. I want to urge the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs to move with speed and prepare rules, regulations or procedures to be followed when we are involved in vetting the various officers to those independent offices, or any other offices that would require vetting to be done, as provided for by the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also want to urge the Committees concerned that as they do vetting, they should appreciate the need to have information. They should understand the need to release which information and to where. Other Members, and I took offence with what was said this afternoon about Members of Parliament, were reckless. So, I want to appeal for care, as we prepare for these matters concerning vetting, so that we do not injure the feelings and reputations of"
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