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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support this particular Adjournment Motion. I would like to start by first thanking you for shelving the debate on Motion No.12 because as you may appreciate, Article 25 and 26 of the Constitution make international treaties part of the Kenyan law. One of the tendencies in this House is that half the Chairs of Committees rush these treaties towards the tail end of the discussion and Members do not apply their legal mind to them. These things become law so if you rush them through without Members--- You cannot treat treaties as ordinary Motions because then they are binding. This particular one is very important. It ought to have established an East African Standby Force. So, if at all we do not look at the considerations, the East African region is always in turmoil. Burundi is just about to explode. South Sudan is happening. So we need to give considerations and look at the core content of the treaties. I thank you on that move. The second thing is that I would like to appreciate the fact that this House, even as we take this recess, is coming of age. I have seen closed ranks in both coalitions, CORD and Jubilee, moving closely together on issues that look ideological. If we move this way, I am happy that Hon. Duale has discovered that sometimes he cannot always marshal the tyranny of numbers. Sometimes tyranny can go against you. Two things have happened this evening which is very good for the House. Moving forward, I look forward to Members of this National Assembly reading from the same page on issues of ideology and speaking on issues like people of Kenya so that we do not look at always being bipartisan. Thirdly, I would like to thank this House on the fight on alcoholism. Whereas it looked like it was only a Central Kenya agenda, I think the problem of alcoholism is true and tackles all Kenyans. We need to look at ways in which we can make the fight on alcoholism go across board and we need to see how best to challenge the various houses, the people responsible, like the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) and NACADA, so that we put in place issues that will ensure that no Kenyan dies of cheap alcohol and that illicit brew is a thing of the past. Fourthly, the reason I was thanking you for shelving Motion No.12 is because I want to send my condolences to the people of Kieni. My very good friend, Hon. Kanini Kega, has lost several people on the attack in Mandera. We must do everything else it takes to make sure that 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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