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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "something we cherish so much, but it has had so many problems just because we did not go by the Transition to Devolved Government Act. Mr. Nyachae was there and yet we have never heard him make a statement on that. I think that has hurt the country a lot more than the issue of an Executive standing in this House, which shall have transformed into a Committee, to give facts. Hon. Speaker, I would like to take this platform to ask all the people involved in the implementation of the Constitution to be pragmatic and look at the welfare of the country and how we can move forward and implement this Constitution instead of being narrow and actually pulling us back in areas where we have made progress. With regard to the Statement given by the Leader of Majority Party, I think that in principle he has done a good job. However, I disagree with him because he has not given us the kind of details we were expecting. I do not think he expects us to believe that Cabinet Secretaries who have come to the House to make a Statement will suddenly walk away without telling anybody. I think that is slighting this House. Something must have happened! We are aware that there have been Press statements which have indicated that the Executive is not clear on its position on this matter. I think that is what the Leader of Majority Party should have addressed. I was expecting him to say: “There are statements or letters that have been written by the Executive that have caused confusion, but now we are going to correct that matter”. Indeed, that would be the honest position to take, but to tell us that there was a misunderstanding and so they disappeared mysteriously, I think the Leader of Majority Party needs to do a bit better than that. For the performance this afternoon, I found lack of transparency on the part of the Jubilee Government - He has not done them service. Finally, let me take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Charity Ngilu. I think she performed well. On this one, I may thank Jubilee Government because they picked somebody they knew would do a good job at the beginning of this exercise. They should just continue to pick Cabinet Secretaries that are capable from the beginning so that we establish this thing properly. Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, let me say that we should allow this to go on. We should not back-track even an inch. Thank you."
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