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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": "It is actually one that saves my energy and that is why I have to congratulate the Chair. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are all at the dawn of the rebirth of this nation. I think all of us are truly excited about what will happen tomorrow. Therefore, I want, in that spirit, to appeal to hon. Members to really support this Motion of Adjournment. I joined this House when it was the Fifth Parliament. I have seen a lot of work within the precincts of this House. However, I have never been as excited as I am today as I move this Motion because I cannot recall any other time when a Procedural Motion of this nature was moved so that the House can sit on a Saturday. Therefore, extraordinary circumstances of the type that our nation is faced with are the type that bring jubilation, hope, re-birth and renewal of a nation. Those special circumstances do require that even as Members of this House, we rise to the occasion and agree to sit on Saturday morning which I believe will be within the law as provided under the Constitution. More than ten Heads of State confirmed this morning that they will attend the promulgation of the Constitution. We have so many others who are not in that category, for example, Kofi Annan, who came to our help when this country was seriously hurting. There is also the former President of Ghana, Mr. Kufuor. It is in order that after promulgation we, at least, afford them some lunch. I think it is in order that we continue to celebrate. If we start swearing in each of the 210 Members, we will not have time even to see off our visitors tomorrow. These are the reasons."
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