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    "id": 87563,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "I want to assure the hon. Member that it is not a question of misinterpretation or differences of opinion between the Office of the Prime Minister and that of the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs with regard to the term of the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC). There were minor misunderstandings which we have already resolved. That Commission has up to 27th November to finalize its work and publish its report. That will then be taken over by the successor commission. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mungatana also talked about the unlikely event that Parliament is dissolved; what happens? Parliament can only be dissolved if in the opinion of the public and the interpretation of the court, Parliament is not performing its work. That would be the only ground for premature dissolution of Parliament. I have confidence that hon. Members would not want to push things in that direction. If that happens, however, the life of Parliament is now clearly enshrined in the Constitution. I will leave it to our courts to do the interpretation when we reach that bridge. The hon. Member for Kamukunji was interested in education of public servants. Remember, in my Statement earlier on, I talked about the metamorphosis. Kenyans have to metamorphosize from the present to what we really want to be. This is not just the members of the public but also public servants. Public servants are very much a mirror of our society at large. They, therefore, need a lot of education. For example, our police force requires education so that they can appreciate the values enshrined in the Constitution; the Human Rights chapter and integrity, for example. Even civil servants at large require education and this process is going to start. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Murgor wanted to know how the Government is going to deal with propaganda which was churned out during the campaigns for and against the Constitution. You remember it was said that if this Constitution passes, every dispensary and hospital in the country will have a special ward for abortions, that there will be gay marriages, that people’s land smaller than one or two acres will be confiscated by the Government and that there will be permits to bury dogs. That was then. That was propaganda to try and poison the minds of the people. They even said that this Constitution is 100 times worse than the old Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Swahili say that, “ Ukweli ukidhihiri, uongo hujitenga ”."
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