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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the list. Definitely, this list is not perfect and it cannot be perfect but I want to support it considering what we have before us. I notice that the role of the House Business Committee (HBC) is to set priorities for the business of this House. Just going ahead of ourselves, I would request the HBC that as they settle to do their work, they would perhaps consider bringing up some of the reports that have been tabled in this House before and have not been debated. I have in mind the report of the sale of the Government shares in Telkom Kenya and the pending bill of Essar after the exit from Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL). Those of us who will recall, will recall that in the last Session of Parliament we had to face stiff constitutional deadlines with Bills which had constitutional deadlines and we had to work late into the night. It is my request to the House Business Committee that as they set their priorities they be alive to the fact that we have Bills that have constitutional deadlines which must be dealt with before 27thAugust 2015. I have in mind Bills that deal with legislation concerning operationalisation of Article 11(3) of the Constitution with respect to our culture and operationalisation of Article 45 on the family and, of course, the emotive issue around land and the environment. This year it is important for this Committee to be alive to the fact that we will require legislation relating to community land as espoused in Article 63, regulation of land use and property under Article 66 and legislation to operationalise agreements relating to natural resources under Article 71. This is important because we went through the last Session where we had to work late into the night when these things could have been anticipated and we did them in good time. There is also legislation for promoting representation of marginalised groups. These are women, persons with disability, youth, and other minorities and of course operationalisation of constitutional requirement for the two-thirds gender rule. Members need to be aware that we have a Supreme Court ruling which requires this House to make sure that we have a law which governs how the two-thirds gender rule will be implemented in this country and, of course, any other legislation. As a House we cannot conduct business if we are not alive to the contemporary issues affecting our country. The truth of the matter is that I am a parent and we represent constituencies. The truth of the matter is that as we speak today, Kenyans from all over the country are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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