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    "id": 477020,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "some of the events are supposed to be conducted. You realize that since the enactment of the new Constitution, there has been a lot of confusion, not because there is lacuna in the law, but simply because different entities, or different individuals, have abused the new law, and tried to outsmart other people. They have tried to solve a public relations related problem that results in personality clash; in the process they have created confusion all over. The current Constitution has created a number of elected, selected and appointed positions. These positions, because they are new, have come with serious institutional crisis. This in turn has projected the national Government, the county government and other institutions badly over the last three years that we have had the new Constitution. Therefore, what we are trying to do, as Members of the National Assembly, is to cure this, so that we have orderliness in how we manage public functions; this will foster orderliness. It will also bring about discipline and decorum in our governance. It is further aimed at providing a yard stick for determining the proper position of all officers, their seniority, and hierarchy or purpose in all state functions. You must have realized that in the past different institutions, or office holders, have had titles. You need titles that come with positions. I want to go on record that it is not only in Kenya where titles are used. Since Kenya is a commonwealth country most of the laws in place--- Some are as a result of what we inherited from the British; other are a result of precedence or traditions that are borrowed from the British. It is only fair that we benchmark ourselves to what happens in other Commonwealth jurisdictions. Therefore this Bill will rain in individuals who have given themselves titles that do not befit their social standing; this must be done within the confines of the law, and predetermined description of a particular individual. Therefore part two of this Bill will establish the order of precedence; in it we will be proposing certain amendments to change some of the things we may not have foreseen when this Bill was published. There are a number of countries that have an order of precedence in an African context; Nigeria has a law; in the UK, there is a constitutional decree by a constitutional head; in Malaysia and Indonesia there is also an Act of parliament; there is also the case n a number of other countries. This has been predetermined and it is almost part of the tradition of those countries. In the Kenyan context because of the new Constitution, right now there is a rush to do a number of things, notwithstanding the constitutional provisions. Part I is on the preliminary position, which I have already explained. Part II of the Bill establishes the order of precedence, with the President being the first in the list; he is followed by the Deputy President, the Speakers of Parliament, the Chief Justice and then all the other groups. In terms of titles, you must have seen that there has been a lot of confusion; for those of us who were in the last Parliament--- I do not want to accuse myself because I was also there, but I think there were some things that we did not foresee, and that have caused confusion and institutional crisis."
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