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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, if there are people who… In Islam we say death is inevitable. That we shall remain... Let me put on the mask so that they can be comfortable. I know they have many other issues but let me not lose my thought. Standing Order No. 131 gives you the powers. That is why we are telling you. Two, and I want to go on record, there are instances where we had this kind of thing. Since the 10th Parliament, and you were in the 9th Parliament, the tradition has been that when the Question is put for the Second Reading, not the committee report being tabled as the Leader of the Majority Party is saying, a minimum of 24 hours is given to Members. In my opinion, the 24 hours began this afternoon. Hon. Speaker, you have given direction from that Chair a number of times telling Members that they must prepare amendments for certain Bills. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party. In his Statement on Thursday, he asked that this matter will come on Tuesday if the matter was to be concluded that Thursday. That is what his Statement read. It was not concluded on Thursday, it was concluded yesterday. So, we are not asking for too much. That is why we have just passed a Motion giving sweeping powers to the House that in the event the President brings a message, in the event we receive a message from the Senate, in the event a Bill matures, and in the event we have got timelines as provided in the Public Appointment and Parliamentary Approval Act for the case of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the House, through the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party, can be recalled. There is nothing urgent. This Government had four years to implement the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Already, I have my amendments. The concerns of Hon. Junet Nuh and many other Members here are good and valid. Let us give Members… I remember Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona used to take us back because she used to bring a raft of amendments. We used to sit in Room No. 9 harmonising them. Hon. Speaker, use Standing Order No. 131 and ask: with the many amendments by the Member for Chepalungu and other Members, can we harmonise and agree, through the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Health? It is an important Bill. So, we do not want frivolous amendments to pass. We want amendments that will add value to the attainment of Universal The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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