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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, according to Standing Order No 20, the House might be recalled for a special session to approve the Reports of the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the 2015-2016 Financial Year Budget Estimates that were tabled this afternoon. When we resume from the recess, the House Business Committee (HBC) will give priority to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report. Also to be considered are all Bills related to the budget cycle programme, including the Appropriations Bill and the Finance Bill. We will also focus on five Bills which have a timeline of August 2015. I hope the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) of this House, in consultation with the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), and the Office of the Attorney-General (AG) will take advantage of the recess to engage the Attoreny-General’s Office and other stakeholders to ensure that the five Bills that have constitutional deadlines are published before we resume in June. The House Business Committee has also taken a conscious decision to ensure that all the pending committee reports are given priority for debate as soon as we are back from recess. Those include four Reports of the Departmental Committee on Lands, particularly the Report on land issues in Taita Taveta County, which has been long overdue. I hope that this break will give the committees ample time to conduct their work and also give Members time to mingle with their constituents and families and deal, more so, with the Budget Estimates presented. In conclusion, our country is facing a serious challenge of insecurity. I want to ask everybody that a time will come when, as a leader, as Martin Luther King said, you will take a decision that might not be political or safe with you or with the people you lead, but might be with your conscience and in the interest of the nation. I urge all my colleagues that we form a united front in the war against terror. As it happened yesterday in the Senate, it is very sad when Senators want to profile communities and people of certain religions. Terror has no religion or community. Terrorism is a global phenomenon. I want to ask all leaders in this country from all political shades plus our women leaders, youth leaders and religious leaders that we come together and defend our country. The security of our country is important than any one of us and any of our positions. So, we need to stand together with the President, the Government, our coalition leaders and each and every leader so that we can say that Kenya is safe and secure. I beg to move the Adjournment Motion. Thank you."
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