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    "id": 49497,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this chance to support this Procedural Motion. This is because it is of necessity in the sense that we have hit a brick wall, which is a fact. I would like to urge the Minister that the future Bills he brings, if there is anything about advertisement in the Kenya Gazette, we should note that not everybody has access to the Kenya Gazette. He should ensure that all advertisements are made in such a manner that they reach a majority of the people. We are facing many hurdles in the implementation of this Constitution. As I speak, I would also like to tell the Minister that all pending Bills should have been tabled in the House by now, as we wait to pass the others. After we finish the two that are on the Order Paper, what else? We need those Bills here immediately. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issues of circumventing the anti-reform brigade--- Let us not burry our heads in the sand. There is an anti-reform brigade and they are gleefully waiting for the implementation of the Constitution to fail. We need to circumvent them. I expect the Minister to be up to the task and circumvent these anti- reformists. Look at the issues going on in the Committee of Justice and Legal Affairs. As I said earlier, these are victims of Executive impunity. This is in the sense that the appointments that were made of the Chief Justice, et cetera, virtually polarized all institutions of the country, including this House. This led to the problems in that Committee. We have resolved that by the Executive withdrawing the appointments, yet the Committee has not been able to reconcile. Let us be very careful that we do not let anti-reform elements to take over the implementation of this Constitution, because then it will not work. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support this particular Motion."
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