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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "So, before you kill it, you request it be murdered. Anyway, Hon. Members, a number of issues have been raised to the extent of Articles 10, 118, and 232 of the Constitution. There may be need for me to look at all that happened between the Committee and those who appeared before it. This is available from the Report and the records. So, it should not be problematic. For the time being, it is true that a matter on constitutionalism may be raised at any stage. So, we will allow debate to continue and the ruling will come in due course. This is because there may be some issues to do with… You know the courts have touched on this issue of omnibus and guided on a number of occasions that we should not deal with very substantive matters, if we will do the Statute Law (Miscellaneous) Amendments Law. This means that I have to look at the Bill as it is and determine what it is. For instance, does it make very substantive proposals to amend the various laws? Where would their place be in the legislative process, as the courts have guided in the past? We have a number of authorities dealing with this matter. Therefore, it should not be a problem. With time allowing, you may proceed, although there are some who intend to murder it. I think it is fair that Hon. Members be available to persuade one another. Just like Hon. Oundo said, you will notice there is some trend here. There are Members who are very keen on debating and participating in the Committee of the whole House and usually there is no quorum to put the Question. The next day, when we put the Question, the ones who vote have absolutely no idea what they have voted for one way or another. They are part of those who do not pay any fare. In"
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