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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I just want to thank you for giving me the opportunity. As hon. Mbadi and hon. Moi have said, this provision of the Constitution is not good at all. I rose on a point of order because as we speak, I presented a proposal to the Office of the Speaker to have this provision amended. I am saying this because a lot of people think that when we are not in the House, we are not doing our work. I will give you an example: On Sunday, I was supposed to attend a meeting here in Nairobi at 3.00 p.m., but because of my duties at home--- I was still attending to matters at home up to 10.00 o’clock at night. Really, it is not proper for someone to suggest that Members of Parliament do not work. In any case, Article 96 is very clear on the roles of the Members of Parliament; representation in the kind of society that we live in is, perhaps, one of the roles that most of the time Members of Parliament play. I have stood on this point of order to request the Members that when the proposed constitutional amendment comes, please, support it. I have already presented a memorandum to the Office of the Speaker. It is something we can do without going to a referendum, because it is a small matter. For it to be eight sittings and not eight consecutive sittings is limiting our roles. In any case, we do not have to undertake the other two roles of oversight and representation on the Floor of the House."
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