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    "id": 69221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Since the promulgation of our Constitution on 27th August, 2010, when we literally rewrote the history of this country and the second Republic was reborn, we have made tremendous achievement, albeit sometimes against great difficulty. I want to congratulate all of us for having today done what the country was expecting us to do, namely; to put in place the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution. We have literally now done the right thing because we expect that when the House next meets, the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution under the chairmanship of Mr. Charles Nyachae will have sat and tried to prioritize the business that must come in order to continue with the spirit of making operational the new Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also similarly today put in place the Judicial Service Commission, making it possible now for the President in consultation with the Prime Minister to begin to look at the possibility of appointing a new Chief Justice and even the Director of Public Prosecutions. I know that the Constitution says that within one year from the date of promulgation, there shall be a new Attorney-General, but nothing prevents the President, again, in consultation with the Prime Minister from taking action. We do not have to live the full length so that this country’s credibility will be enhanced. Therefore, today, I am very proud that we have even been able to put in place the Commission on Revenue Allocation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have done well, but we do this against a background of great national anxiety. This anxiety is understandable. I want to remind this House that the position that the Cabinet took with regard to the ICC process was that we have to move expeditiously and put in place a local mechanism that will be able to take over this matter. In terms of the Rome Statute itself, I know that this House has made a recommendation today and I am sure the Government will be able to study it. But in terms of the Rome Statute itself, we can, as a country party to the Rome Statute, make an intervention. When that looks credible, we can always get our country back. Therefore, I think we are on the right track."
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