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    "id": 1021536,
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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97(1) and notwithstanding the resolution of the House of February 18, 2020, the House further orders that, during the Sittings of the House of September 8, 2020 up to and including October 15, 2020, each speech in debate on Bills, Motions (including Special Motions), Sessional Papers and Committee Reports, shall be limited as follows: a maximum of two and half hours with not more than ten (10) minutes for the Mover in moving and five (5) minutes in replying and a maximum of five (5) minutes for any other Member speaking, except for the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and the Chairperson of the relevant Committee who shall be limited to a maximum of ten (10) minutes, and that priority in speaking be accorded to the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and Chairperson of the relevant Committee, in that order. This is something we do at the beginning of every sitting after recess to set out how business will be conducted. The timings reflect the limited sittings that we will have and I will be moving a Motion later on to define those new sittings between now and October 15th. We do not have much time, therefore the usual luxury of having 10 minutes per Member will not allow as many Members as possible to contribute to debates hence we may end up delaying processing of Bills and other businesses that will be before the House. The House Business Committee (HBC) met and agreed to limit time including for the leadership – traditionally we have more time – to five minutes, so that at least key issues can be highlighted. Without having to repeat what other Members have said, five minutes is enough to add an extra point that one would want to make on a Bill. Similarly, for us the leaders, we should be able to set the tone in ten minutes. So, this is a fairly straightforward Motion. I urge that we pass it without a lot of fuss so that we can get into our five minutes of contributing to business before us. I beg to move and ask the Hon. John Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party to second."
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