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    "id": 86495,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 175,
        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
        "slug": "mwangi-kiunjuri"
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    "content": "We must support this Motion because we have fought to have the new Constitution for a long time. We went through the referendum and now Kenyans are anxiously waiting to see how it will be implemented. Some Kenyans want to know how the counties will be run and what will be the functions of the Governors and the Senators. The councilors are equally anxious because they do not know whether they exist in this Constitution. They need to see this legislation so that they are comfortable. We have 49 Bills and if we continue arguing over who is in this list and who is not, it means that the House will not rise to the occasion and start doing its work seriously. Any one week we lose is a loss to Kenyans. Kenyans are still wondering when we shall come of age. I am only disappointed by the way, we, as leaders behave and especially the party leaders. I am very happy that with the implementation of this Constitution, the dark days are over. Political dictatorship will be behind us. I am disappointed at the way we manage our party politics. I would say that I am ashamed when I talk of any political party in this country. This is because they are only vehicles to elections. They are constituted very quickly for purposes of elections and I would like to be challenged on this aspect. In developed democracies, we have parties that have been in existence for over 200 years. If you go to South Africa, you will find the African National Congress (ANC), which we should be competing with has structures. We even do not know who is the chairperson of the Republican Party, the Democratic Party or the Labour Party in the UK or even the ANC. We do not see politicians masquerading to be chairpersons. That is why democracy is prevalent in those countries. If we continue the way we do things in this country, I assure you that we are doomed because this country must develop. The first people to develop are the leaders of parties. I am also a leader of one of the parties. We must give space and allow structures of parties---"
}