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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I rise to support the Procedural Motion. I would also like to thank you for guiding and rescuing us from making a mistake last week even though the noises have not quite subsided. We are still being blamed. I took my time, went back and looked at the proceedings that morning. I thought it was a very big mistake. To err cannot be permanent, but if you keep doing it, is where the problem is. Hon. Speaker, I want to plead with members of your panel that on a matter like this one, if we pronounce ourselves one way or another, especially when the Mover of a Motion has said he or she is not interested, it requires a bit of thinking. This is one decision we have lived to regret for a while. Hon. Speaker, you had expressed your sentiments about the contents of this Bill, both in Mombasa and during the parliamentary media breakfast. I thank you for that. I was very happy yesterday when His Excellency the President asked for wisdom when such Bills come here for debate. I plead with the Leader of the Majority Party, my friend Hon. Aden Duale, to help us heed the voice and call of the President. However, the President fell short of talking about the other bad Bills that have been coming here. The bad Bills that seem unconstitutional, which are out in the media, include the Kenya Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill and the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill. Let us discuss the Bills before they come here so that we do not collectively keep looking bad and looking up to the Speaker to guide us to do what we can do before it gets too bad. The President talked to us about it, but most of the bad Bills that come here originate from the Executive. We ask the Executive to follow the words and wisdom of their leader so that we are not entertained here with Bills that appear to contravene the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, I support the Motion."
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