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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "When? Hon. Members, this is why every day I tell you not make me do administrative work from the Chair. Hon. Waluke, you wrote to request that a Motion that you knew had matured should be stepped down because you had some other engagements. That was perfectly in order and your request was acceded to. What you are required to do, thereafter, is to inform the usual administrative process that you are now back and you desire that your Motion be reinstated. It cannot, obviously, be given priority. Having voluntarily requested for it to be stepped down, obviously, other Motions which had already been commenced must proceed. So, it has not been dropped entirely, it was merely stepped down. If you approach the Clerk’s Office, it will be put on the Order Paper. I am not too sure when it will be debated. It may be debated next year or sometime later in the year because other Members’ Motions have already taken precedence over yours. These are some of the vagaries of the work of a Member of Parliament. This is because you have too many things that you have to attend to and we cannot blame it on you. Obviously, when other Members realise that there is a chance to have their Motions debated because another one has requested his to be stepped down, they are happier that they can now get a chance to jump the queue. Your Motion is still alive and what you need to do is to approach the Clerk and it will be reinstated. It has not been dropped. At this point, if Hon. Geoffrey Odanga is in the Chamber, he can give notice of his Motion. This is the first sitting of the first day. If he is not in the Chamber, he can still give notice today in the afternoon when we get to Order No.6. I hope he will come in the afternoon or some other time. Obviously, he still has his right to give notice today in the afternoon and even tomorrow. So, nothing is lost on his part."
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