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    "id": 1046533,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1046533/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Before the COVID-19 Pandemic, we used to sit in this Chamber for about 16 hours in a week. On Tuesdays, we used to sit for four-and-a-half hours, on Wednesdays we used to have two Sittings, cumulatively about six hours, and four-and-a-half hours on Thursday. That cumulatively brings us to about 16 hours. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we do not create more Sittings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will be sitting for very few hours in a week. Therefore, we looked at this matter as the House Business Committee and felt that we need to sacrifice given that this is the most critical Session of the 12th Parliament. The next Session; the Sixth Session starting in January 2022, we will see very few Members finding time to come to the Chamber. That has been the tradition over the years. Therefore, creating four hours, on Tuesday from 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. add two more hours from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. three hours on Thursday morning, four hours on Thursday afternoon and two hours on Thursday evening, gives us 15 hours, just about one hour short of our regular Sittings."
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