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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I sincerely respect the opinion of the hon. Member for Kisumu. I am also sure that he appreciates that he is in a very serious minority. But having said that, I want to thank the hon. Members for whole-heartedly supporting this Motion. I also want to congratulate you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, because I think we have to get into the new Kenya; this new Constitution has brought with it the yearning for real change. I think we have to change and demonstrate that change from the Floor of this House so that anybody who makes tribal utterances, and I have noticed the Chair’s impatience with those tribal remarks - I want to urge that you persevere in reminding all of us that it does not pay any more to think in terms of our tribes. Therefore, on that basis, it is really unfortunate that even the media tried to look at provinces after the first attempt which was ably seconded by my friend hon. Kosgey. They tried to say Eastern Province was represented and now we hear the complaints by some of the Members. I mean you can never win in a game like this. Just like I said, everybody is eminently qualified; the Member for Kathiani herself is eminently qualified and I want to thank even people like Ms. Karua who, initially, were insisting on two slots, but later they settled for one. I think this is the spirit of give and take. We have nothing personal in these matters. I want to assure the august House that we will, from the point of view of the House Business Committee, take the matter of consultation with all the seriousness it deserves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, I do not think there will be any need for anybody to cast aspersions . I had a very useful luncheon meeting with the Member for Kathiani and I tried to calm her down. I think she understands. I think this is the way to go that we have opportunities lying ahead. The problem seems to have been with the smaller parties within the PNU coalition. But the fact that we had to respect the allotment, the allocation of each political party, if it was PNU entitled to five, they got their five slots. If it was ODM-Kenya entitled to two slots, they got their two, if it was NARC-Kenya entitlement and ODM were entitled to 14 positions. I think we all have to congratulate each other and recognize that the Committee that we have set in place is not an ODM, PNU or whatever other party committee. This is the Committee of the Tenth Parliament. Therefore, I want to urge Members to serve in that spirit and that they will now be able to liaise with the Law Reform Committee, the Attorney-General and make sure that we beat those deadlines. Because by 27th October, 2010, we are supposed to have come up with the Judicial Service Commission Bill, for instance. We do not have time on our side. I do not need to remind all of us that in the event the country sees that this Parliament is not moving with the speed that is expected of us, they can actually invoke what the hon. Member for Ikolomani likes to remind me. I think there is a sanction that comes. The sanction is that Kenyans can actually demand dissolution of this House if we are not moving with speed to implement this Constitution. Therefore, there are no Luo members of this Committee, there are no Kikuyu members, there are no Kamba members and there are no other members. All we have is a Committee of the Tenth Parliament. I beg to move."
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