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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. Let me thank my dear sister Sen. Were for seconding this Motion. I just want to remind our colleagues that when we come back from the recess, we have many Bills in the Order Paper that require all the Senators to be here. At least if we can get 24 Senators online or a few Senators to vote for these legislations, it will encourage those Senators who worked tirelessly and our secretariat who have always been there. They spend sleepless nights to research for the legislations that we pass in this House, for them to see that at least the work we do is meaningful. We have a lot of Bills - I am sure even the last Bill that we just debated here - that we would like to be passed during our term in office. It would be really embarrassing that we come here, work and spend most of our time and taxpayers’ money, but when it comes to January next year or even after the recess, the sittings we have are very few. I think we probably only have about three sittings before we can go for the long recess. It would be important for us to ensure that the Bills that we have passed can go to the Third Reading and can be transmitted to the National Assembly. With that, we can show this country that we are making progress. There is also a very important Bill which is coming up. Right now it is actually in the committee stage; this is the National Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill. It is the priority of the Government to ensure that at least this Bill goes through so that it will help even with the President’s agenda in terms of the universal healthcare agenda. I want to end there but really remind the distinguished Senators that when we come back, please let us give some time. We can go out there and campaign but let us finish the work that we started doing because if we do not do it, it will be meaningless. I beg to reply."
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