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    "id": 572940,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, so far we only have five Bills, some of which are at the Government Printer, including the ones which are on the Order Paper today: (i) the Access to Justice Legal Aid Bill, 2015; (ii) the Judiciary Fund Bill, 2015; (iii) the Magistrates’ Court Bill, 2015, (iv) the Two-Third Gender Rule Bill, 2015; and, (v) the Controller of Budget Bill, 2015. I am sure the Executive, the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) headed by Mr. Nyachae, the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC) and the AG cannot expect this House to give them extension of time every now and then. I will ask the Chairperson of the CIOC to call a meeting of all these stakeholders before Parliament decides on the extension of time, so that he makes it very clear in the presence of the media that they have failed in as far as the processing of the Bills requiring enactment by 27th August, 2015 is concerned. It is good that the AG, the CSs concerned, Mr. Nyachae and the KLRC are there so that the country knows that it is not the National Assembly that has failed. Mr. Nyachae should be there; he should not send his Vice-Chairperson. It is those institutions that have failed in the implementation of the Constitution. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information is here and he was asking me where the Energy Bill is. We have Community Lands Bill, which the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands was asking me about. We have the Irrigation Bill and irrigation policy under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. All the Chairpersons of Committees and members of the CIOC, under the able leadership of Hon. Baiya, should have a meeting here this week and then everybody carries his luggage and cross, so that people know who is failing in the implementation of the Constitution. There is a perception that Parliament and legislators are to blame. This is a culture where Bills are brought in the last minute. Some of these Bills are very important. For example, the Community Lands Bill, the Investigation and Historical Land Injustices Bill, the Judicial Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, regulations to be anchored under the Agriculture and Livestock Research Act, the Protection of the Ownership of Indigenous Seeds Bill and the Energy Bill are Bills that are so important to the people of Kenya and to the economy. We cannot just rush them like that. However, the people who have been given these powers must take a certain liability. So, Chairperson, we ask you to call that meeting. All our Committee Chairpersons and the leadership of the National Assembly should be present, so that we can say it is the AG’s office, the Executive, the CIC or the KLRC that has failed. Each group will speak and say who has delayed the Bills."
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