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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kathuri",
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        "legal_name": "Emilio Mureithi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also stand to support this Motion. Today, when you were contributing in the course of the afternoon, you also made a comment that: “As per the old Constitution...” I do not know whether the new one --- I stand to be corrected because I am quoting you verbatim. This is a clear indication that we have not mastered the new Constitution well. I rate you very highly but that being the case, I think it is very important for us to accept that there is a lot that we should learn and understand. It is true we focused our attention on very few clauses in the Constitution. It is very important for us to address ourselves to those other areas where we did not pay a lot of attention. At the end of the day, we will have to implement the Constitution in totality. The other day there was a comment by the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) about our tax agenda. It is an issue which I think is not so clear to many of us, I, included. Those are the issues we need to sit and agree on and how they are expected to be handled. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have heard about chiefs and whether they are going to be retained or not. This is an issue that comes up every other day from many quarters. We are always asked but when some of us are answering this way and others this way, I believe this is an issue that we need to discuss, agree and move forward. However, on top of that, just as one of my colleagues has commented, there is no way we can go to the implementation stage when we are divided. When we are witch-hunting each other, implementation will be impossible. We would rather even think of how we are going to implement and think of how we are going to become cohesive so that we can tackle the only agenda of the Constitution when we are not fighting. The moment we start fighting, we are going to lose it. It is also very sad that a few minutes ago, there was the issue of some Ministers being implicated in the Kabete Veterinary Laboratory issue. When you hear Ministers’ names being mentioned, some of these issues are the things we want to see behind our backs. We want to have a new Constitution in place. It is very sad! I wish the Minister was able to name them. Unfortunately, it did not come out as to who these Ministers are. These are some of the issues which I believe will be addressed by the new Constitution, if it is implemented properly. There is no way we can get a new Kenya if we are not going to sit down and agree on how we are going to implement the new Constitution. There are no two ways other than us sitting down together, agreeing and then we move forward. I support."
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