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    "id": 1026559,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1026559/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What the Chairman and the Leader of Majority Party are saying makes a lot of sense, but I am just concerned that this Bill has been with us for a long time. We have been suspending the Committee stage of this Bill for a number of times in the House Business Committee. This is the Tea Bill, Senate Bill No.36 of 2018. I know it did not come here in 2018, but it certainly was with us in 2019. Therefore, it does not make sense to me that the Ministry, which ordinarily has more interest in actualising this Bill is bringing proposed amendments in June, yet this Bill was proposed in 2018. I want to speak to my friend, the Leader of Majority Party, to tell the Executive to take their work seriously. This House cannot be stopped and held to ransom because of failures, so to speak, of the Executive, in terms of expediting their functions. That is my concern and this is not the first time. We have been delaying a number of Bills because of the failure to have the amendments ready in time. There is no reason why, once a Bill has been published and everyone is aware that the Bill exists, if you are interested in bringing amendments to the Bill, you should not do so in good time."
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