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    "id": 1021557,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I wish all the Members a happy Session as we get back. Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Ichung’wah, my former Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee where he performed very well. I am now seeing that he is planning to perform as opposition very well. Having said that, in relation to the Private Members’ Bills, I agree with him on the issues he has raised that the composition of this Parliament is very unique and different from the previous Parliament. I have said it before and will repeat now that this is my third term here. This Parliament has a younger population, mostly well-educated and even the ones who are not very educated are sharp. Therefore, we have a much higher number of Private Members’ Bills and they are doing very well. I sit in the BAC and this morning alone we were considering almost eight Bills. It is just that some Members did not show up, but we dealt with all the Bills for those who turned up. Hon. Speaker, it will be very frustrating for Members to put in so much energy and then it comes to naught. In this Parliament, I have not brought any Bill. I have just carried Bills that lapsed in the last Parliament. It would be very unfortunate if we keep going round in circles. One of the bottlenecks that I have noticed is at the committee level. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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