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    "id": 1052667,
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    "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": "That aside, I am just concerned with what Hon. Wamuchomba is raising. We have Bills which you have even given direction around them. We have Bills that come from the National Assembly, and some are very similar with Bills that come from the Senate. Some of the Senate Bills are even younger than the ones that come from the National Assembly, but the Senate ones come ahead of the National Assembly. It is like the private Members who have done work… I sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee and so, I happen to know. It is like the Members who are doing work in the National Assembly, their work is not recognised. Other than that, you also have similar Bills like the Geriatric Bill and this one of older persons. It is similar issues but we will bring this one and then she will bring hers and we have a queue of many Bills. I have a similar Bill with another one in the Senate. As I said, I actually agreed to let mine go. I will bring my issues and give her to add in the Senate Bill, but what about the other Members who have Bills which are similar? An example is the one on public participation. It is not mine. We have another one from the Senate. When the ones from the Senate come here, they are given priority. I am also more concerned about the Bills that go to the Departmental Committee on Health. You have even given directions in relation to my own Bills. Then the Departmental Committee on Health and the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee have just gone to sleep. They tell me they are calling me for meetings. Every day, I am available. I am in this Parliament daily, but they do not call me for meetings. Surely, I brought these Bills the first year up to now. Even this period of COVID-19, could they not call us on Zoom? We are willing to discuss on Zoom because it is very frustrating for Members to do so much work and then it comes to naught. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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