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    "id": 441558,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "we debate, it is for the common good of mwananchi . It does not matter which coalition you come from. It does not matter where you appear as 77 or Wiper; I come from FORD (K) and I am proud of the numbers that we have in this House. Hon. Speaker, from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.; it is good for wananchi to know that we are compensating to end at 1.00 p.m. and we know very well that in the normal practice people go for lunch at 1.00 p.m. So this has been long overdue; from 9.30 a.m.; an extension of 30 minutes to 1.00 p.m. Another issue I wanted to mention is that as much as we try to shorten these issues of the Motion, Private Members’ Bills are affected. I think what we should do on Wednesday; when you look at the requests of hon. members, the Bills are piling; the Motions have not been touched and this the only time we can exercise fully our representation role. This is because other times we have Bills coming from the Government side. But for Private Members, in Article 95 where we are supposed to do representation, we are trying to advance the grievances of our people to represent through Motions and Bills; not just through requests for Statements. So, it will also be good further if we can look into issues of allocating more time to the Private Members’ Bills because this is the core business of this House. We must make laws. We must legislate. It is not an issue of requests for Statements alone. I am happy with this issue of Cabinet Secretaries coming in. we should debate objectively without being skewed or without being sycophants of whatever coalition we come from for the common good of our Kenyans. Thank you and I support."
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