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    "id": 87533,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The greatest fear of Kenyans for which we request the Prime Minister to reassure is that the Government is not giving the clear signals that they want to implement this new constitution in the letter and spirit of the draft that Kenyans voted for on the 4th of August, 2010. No sooner had the Constitution been promulgated than the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and his senior officers went ahead and created a new structure where they even clustered some counties into some regions which were only understood to them and said that these counties are going to be governed by the former provincial commissioners. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if it is true that the Prime Minister and the Government are not part of those pronouncements by those officers, Section 19 of the Public Officer and Ethics Act states that “a public officer shall not knowingly give false or misleading information to members of the public or to any other public officer.” If this is the case, could the Prime Minister tell us what actions he is going to take against the Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, together with the Permanent Secretary and other senior officers who misled the public to the extent that the village elders, the assistant chiefs, chiefs, DOs and DCs are completely confused? In fact, they are not discharging their duties because of the confusion that his officers brought. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Prime Minister has told us correctly that the beginning of the implementation will follow the constitution of the Implementation Commission. Could he also clarify to Kenyans that the Vetting of Judges Bill and the Judicial Service Commission Bill are, therefore, not ready to come to this House, contrary to what the Government has said? This is because for such Bills to come before this House, it would require the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution to sit down, oversee the development of those Bills, together with the Attorney-General, the Kenya Law Reform Commission and the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Mr. Kilonzo."
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