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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "content": "what was done. I want to thank you very much for giving us an opportunity to bring amendments. It just shows leadership in you. Of course, Hon. Duale has thanked the Members for the good work. I also want to thank him for representing the majority party and being there all the time to advance its interests. It is important for him to do that. We have passed the Election laws and, hopefully, the Senate will not make amendments to the provisions. I am just pleading with the Opposition because this was a negotiated document, we should not see people going back to the streets and demanding for more. I watched the Opposition leader saying that he needs to be consulted. If he is not consulted, I hope he is not going to pick issues. We hope we will have a smooth transition so that, with the reform of the elections law, we can finish this business in time for us to have the commissioners by end of September. At the same time, as Hon. Duale has put it, we have passed so many laws, which is also an indicator for us who are new to this Parliament. It is a good progress. At the same time, I would take this opportunity to request our colleagues at the county level to emulate what we do here. You will be surprised that Nakuru County Assembly, sometimes, starts sessions at 5.00 p.m. in the evening and within 30 minutes, they are out of the Chamber. It has not passed any laws. I challenged the Chief Magistrate in Nakuru as to why he is allowing charges based on the Municipal Council of Nakuru and county councils laws. They are still charging people under the old laws which are no longer in use. It is unfortunate that Nakuru County has only three laws: one on finance, the other on potato and the last one on alcohol. We have so many other pieces of legislation that we need to have in place in Nakuru so that we can be listened to. It is unfortunate. So, I want to take this opportunity to urge our colleagues at the county level to take their work seriously and bring Motions. It is not only the business of the County Executive Committee to bring laws. The MCAs are supposed to and we have been trying to assist them. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, as we go on recess, I want to thank you."
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