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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "It is also good to represent facts properly. I urge Members of this house who are with the Government that the referendum which is being talked about is not a parliamentary initiative. You can amend the Constitution in this House. Private citizens like Raila and Kalonzo can also initiate a referendum. That is what they are doing. So, for us to tell them what to do is like trying to deny private citizens a chance to do what their right in the Constitution allow them to do. When you say that the MCAs can be given privileges enjoyed by Members of Parliament, you are not saying the truth. This is because there are no budgetary provisions for the MCAs. In fact, you are dividing our people. Tell them the truth. We need to confront issues. The number of MCAs is high and the number of Members of Parliament is too high. This country can simply not afford us. We need to confront those issues. The issue of timing may vary, but we need to tell our people the truth, if we want to move our country forward. I think this House has a duty to support the Government. As hon. Gikaria was saying, we need to give the President and His Deputy a chance. However, they need not lie. When you tell us that there will be laptops in 100 days give us laptops. When you do not do that we will question you. When you go out there and play politics with issues of land, we question you. The Land Commission is an independent Commission, and it needs no Minister above it. The moment you put somebody like Ngilu above an independent Commission, you are putting them there to interfere. For what reason would the Minister close land registries? For what reason would the President visit the Cabinet for Lands, Housing and Urban Development? He is the first President ever, out of the four Presidents we have had, to go to the Ministry of Lands. Then a few days later, you hear an announcement that he has no property in his name."
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