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    "content": "His Excellency the President is also the Member for Othaya who will have to be the first Member of Parliament to be sworn in as the tradition always is. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the House is making this decision, the House should be aware that we might not be respecting the solemnity and dignity of the ceremonies tomorrow, to give His Excellency the President adequate time, not only to give lunch to the dignitaries after the ceremony of swearing in and promulgation at 12.30 p.m. so that he can find enough time to come to the House for the swearing in. The wisdom in the proposal by my friend Dr. Khalwale of putting this at 5.00 p.m. was obviously to give enough time for the ceremonies at Uhuru Park to end and the so many thousands people to be moved out of Uhuru Park, including ourselves to go for the luncheon and then for His Excellency the President to see off some of the dignitaries or accord them the necessary dignity they need to retire to their hotels and places of rest at that hour. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons I was reluctant to accept 3.00 p.m. as an hour of swearing in is that we shall turn the solemnity and dignity of tomorrow’s ceremonies to a job that is being done hurriedly and quickly and, therefore, not to show our guests the need to show dignity and solemnity of the occasion. I would have wanted these Members of Parliament not just to think of themselves but also to think of others as well. We need to know that we are also our brothers’ keepers. Therefore, whereas I respect that decision, I would like to caution the House that it will make it very difficult to perform the ceremonies tomorrow and for ourselves to be in this House at 3.00 p.m. and ensure that the President will himself be here. I am just cautioning the House. You may---"
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