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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I wanted to bring out is that it is high time that we made these parties viable. As leaders, we should not behave like we are in a market where the auctioneers go for the highest bidder by the fall of the hammer. This Constitution will enable us to respect the minority, the majority, equality, equity and observe the Bill of Rights which is very clear on how we should move forward. If this was observed, we could not have had that kind of debate that we had last week. Hon. Members should be satisfied whenever the names are tabled in this House. I am very sure that the list was not opposed because hon. Members were incapable of performing their duties but because we were trying to express our displeasure. That is why we must speak on these things. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a country and I am impressed by your ruling that we should no longer be mentioning tribes in this country. Likewise, we should have respect even within parties; that we exist as Kenyans. Therefore, it is my sincere hope that from today henceforth, we shall learn how to respect each other. The concept of âuse and dumpâ should come to an end so that people, really, can know when you ask me to come and play together as a teammate, that we are really genuine friends. I hope that those considerations will be there and that now with the new Constitution, we are going to adhere to that."
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