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    "id": 1145317,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Recess, this House orders that, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 40 (3), Business sponsored by the Majority or Minority Party or a Committee shall be accorded priority during morning sittings of Wednesday 25th May and 8th June 2022. Hon. Speaker, as Members would be aware, the House Business Committee had provided reservation of Wednesday morning sittings for Private Members’ Business. I believe that has been the practice. All the other Business by parties and Committees have been reserved for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon sittings. However, what we have experienced in the last two weeks or so, has seen a loss on Wednesday mornings, because of either the Members not appearing or not having enough supporters to come and support them in the Business. So, we have actually been losing out on that. When we now look at the Business that we have to cope with, we thought it would be good for us to utilise those two Wednesday mornings basically being tomorrow and the last Wednesday before recess, as per the current calendar, to transact some of the very urgent Business that we need; such as the Budget Estimates, the Finance Bill, the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) and the Regulations. I just tabled Supplementary Budget Estimates that we may need to look at. We only have about two weeks. One day, that is two sittings, of those two weeks is taken by Madaraka Day next week. Hon. Members, I would like to plead that we pass this Motion. If there is any urgent Private Members’ Bill or Business that requires a few minutes, we could still slot it within the time allocated to the Committee in the afternoon sittings. We have done that on questions put, to save some of these Bills. That is basically a plea to Members who have pending Business, that within the time remaining, we give priority to urgent Business of the day that this House needs to dispense with before we break, so that we can do justice to the Republic. Hon. Speaker, it is a decision that we discussed at length in the House Business Committee. We arrived at that as being the optimal solution for purposes of moving forward. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move and request the Hon. Deputy Speaker to second."
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