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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "future. Indeed, there was a move to postpone yesterday’s debate. If we cannot raise a quorum of 50 Members in the morning, how are we going to get a two-thirds majority to pass this Bill? Such are the issues on which we must agree. We do not have to lie to ourselves. We must be able to be truthful to ourselves. We must clearly understand that what we do in this House is intended to serve Kenyans. We should do the best we can do, so that we can build a better country. Hon. Speaker, integrity demands that you stand by your own decisions. It was, indeed, the decision of this House to pass the Kenya Information and Communications Bill, 2013, together with other Bills, including the other Motion that went through this House. It hurts me for this House to pass these kinds of Motions and Bills, only for some hon. Members to later on go out there and contradict the same resolutions that they passed in this House. That is absolutely not integrity. It has nothing to do with somebody being serious. That is an issue of people just trying to play politics, which is what we must avoid, so that we can steer this country to greater heights. I think that is what we must avoid so that we can steer this country to greater heights. Hon. Speaker, when we are in this House, we all want to protect the Constitution, including the Speaker. My argument is that we are all bound by that. I have actually not witnessed any House worth its salt singing. This House is a place of debate and not singing. The House is a place of debate and not shouting at each other. We must be able to actually bring decorum of this House to that level where it is supposed to be. I urge you, hon. Speaker, to make sure that you take the necessary action in order to bring sanity back to this House so that we can continue with the business of the House, otherwise there will be no use of having any Parliament. One more thing before I forget, indeed, there was an issue to do with the Speaker’s Panel. These are people who are elected by this House. These are people that this House has confidence in and that is why the House appointed them. The only thing that we need to do is that if we need to be respected, we must first respect ourselves. If we need the Speakers who will be sitting there to take us seriously, we must also take ourselves seriously first. That is the reason why when you say, “Order!” everybody should be quiet. When we are able to do all these things together, I think there will be a lot of decorum and order in the House. I want to urge my fellow Members of Parliament, Please, let us maintain decorum and move together in one united forum. Kenyans see the way we behave in here and that is why we sometimes contribute to the mess outside there. I urge all of us that we sit together and do things together. Let us do politics outside this House so that we can steer this country to greater heights."
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