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    "id": 1082901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1082901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It behooves this House to either kill or pass the Bill. It does not lie with an individual or the Committee. In 2018, I did a Bill that was targeting people being unilaterally held at various health facilities, maybe in detention camps. That Bill was to address the issue of people languishing in health facilities for long just because of failure to pay. It is now three years and I do not know where the Bill is. I remember the Budget and Appropriations Committee asked me to appear before them, which I did. I presented my case and believed they were convinced, but up to now, my Bill is somewhere in limbo. So, I thank you for your ruling that we need to fast-track these Bills. No committee or individual, regardless of interests being perpetuated, should stop a Bill from seeing the light of day in this House. If it is a Bill that is not in sync with the people in this Parliament, it will die at that stage, but no one should stifle our rights to present Bills in this House."
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