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    "id": 781765,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, of course it would not be cows because Njomo has no cows. He only has warus . The baby is still with us. Hon. Njomo, nothing has been lost. We can meet. It is still at the debate level. If Hon. Njomo and others of the same mind like the Member from Nairobi here think that there are serious issues which have not been addressed in this the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill, they are free to propose amendments. Come to our Committee. We are still here. This is a Committee of the House. It is not my Committee. It is theirs. They are free to come to us. We can discuss and expand the amendments during the Committee of the whole House Stage. This will move our country forward. I encourage them to support this Bill. In conclusion, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to clarify. I want to thank my Committee. This is one of the best and most cohesive committees. I also thank Hon. Ichung’wah who helped me. This is a very good spirit in Parliament that when a Chairperson of a Committee is held up somewhere in an important function which I was engaged in for the country, somebody else can step in to help. I also thank the Hon. Members. They are welcome to make contributions. This is a Committee of the House. We are still at the debate stage. Let us not kill the baby when we are about to give birth. This country is so fond of killing things which are very good. I urge Hon. Members to accept the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill. Let us not kill it. Let us move our country forward. It will be historic for us to pass this Bill. This will be the first co-relationship between the national Government and county governments. This will be the first law that will bring understanding and working together of counties and national Government. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I plead with Members to let us give this Bill a chance so that it eliminates separation between the counties and the national Government. When there is too much separation, conflict is created. Members may try to bring political wars or political competition, but this Bill will bring harmony. It is a baby to be tried. I plead with Members here to give it a chance. It will be a test on how the national Government and county governments co- operate in law under Article 189(2). So, I plead with Members not to kill it. I thank Members of my Committee, the Office of Speaker and the Office of the Clerk for giving me the secretariat I head."
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