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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, the Chair frankly shares the frustrations of all the hon. Members who have voiced their views. The Chair did the intervention under the circumstances in the best possible manner to maintain Parliament as a functioning institution. But the Chair is the Chair of the HBC as an ex-officio Member without a voting right. The generation of Government business is the responsibility of the Government. It is the collective responsibility of the Government whether in an adversarial state or whether it is in harmony. Within that cardinal doctrine of democracy or separation of powers, the Chair cannot organize the Government. It cannot even help in organizing the Government. But clearly the frustrations are shared. It is upon the Government to take up its responsibilities and mandate to the people of Kenya seriously to generate sufficient business to be transacted by the House. It is clearly because of the failure of the Government to generate business that the House has lately had a perennial and very bad show. This is not only in the eyes of Kenyans but also in the eyes of the region and international community who hold our democracy as the beacon of hope. This is because of the reforms that this country has achieved over a very short period of time. Very humbly, because of the fact that the Chair’s hands are tied; the Chair cannot direct the Government, the Chair cannot organize the Government, the Chair can only plead with the Government to take its responsibility seriously."
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