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    "id": 1053560,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Then I will just conclude by asking you, as Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission and also as a ranking member of the Members Welfare Committee, that you cause the Parliamentary Service Commission to ensure that there is proper observance of all COVID-19 related protocols in the House. It may even be necessary - and I say this with respect to the House Business Committee, and I know there is a lot of important business pending before the House… There are three Bills that we have today - the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.7 of 2021), the National Aviation Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No.18 of 2020) and the Supplementary Appropriations Bill which hopefully, we can quickly pass today. However, beyond today, as you said, we were bound to resume next week. We may need to also relook into our Calendar. I beg that we relook into our Calendar. That is why I was speaking about the gathering that we are in here. We need to relax our Calendar in terms of the number of sittings and the days we sit, as we did last year, at least, for this season between now and the time the Annual Estimates are tabled towards the end of April. We may consider altering our Calendar so that we also give ourselves the time that you were asking, to help the country in reducing the spread of the pandemic. I ask you, as the Chair of the House Business Committee, that as we retreat after today’s sittings, you may consider relooking at our Calendar to be away at least between now and the time the Supplementary Estimates are tabled. Hon. Speaker, I know we changed our Calendar last week to allow ourselves to come back next week to debate the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, but life and our health may be more important than BBI. I say this with a lot of respect to the promoters of BBI. BBI can wait: your health, my health, your life and our lives cannot wait. I really beg that we …"
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