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    "id": 60877,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is right that we go on recess at a time when we have just celebrated the third anniversary of the signing of the National Reconciliation and Peace Accord. With one-half of the Executive authority present in this House, it is appropriate to applaud His Excellency the President and the Right Hon. Prime Minister for the sacrifice they have made to enable this country move forward after the crisis that we faced after the last general elections. However, even as we applaud the two Principals, we should remember that arising from the National Reconciliation and Peace Accord; we now have a new constitutional dispensation. That dispensation means that the ground has shifted. It has shifted irrevocably in a manner that we cannot do things the same way. We must remember, even as we go to rest, that this reform journey is unstoppable. The reform train has no reverse gear. We must say never again to business as usual. Even as we recede to our constituencies to consider matters of national importance, we must remember that things in this country must be handled differently. Public appointments must be done in a manner that respects the Constitution. I want to applaud His Excellency the President for allowing wisdom to prevail and withdrawing the nominations which even the Judiciary had conceded were against the spirit and letter of the Constitution. Appointments in this country cannot be done in a manner that goes against the spirit and letter of the Constitution. When we seek to deal with matters such as those of IDPs - we have been talking about IDPs a lot - we must do it in a manner that is honest. Recently, there was a huge gathering in Eldoret ostensibly for purposes of reconciliation and peace building. Why can IDPs not go back to their homes if reconciliation issues have been concluded? This is the height of dishonesty. It is a recipe for further problems to take IDPs, whom we know that their homes are in particular places, and transit them across the country to Taita, Narok, Kajiado and other places when we know they belong somewhere else. Take the IDPs where they belong. If the President went to Eldoret and they made peace, they should return these IDPs to their original homes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we deal with national assets like the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), we should deal with them in a manner that is also in consonance with the letter and spirit of the Constitution. You cannot talk about privatizing a national asset like the KPA in a manner that is blindfolded, where the stakeholders do not know what is going on and workers and local leaders are not involved. This is a throw-back to an old order that we are seeking to leave. We must do things differently. The ground has shifted in a manner that we can no longer---"
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