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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Very well. Hon. Members, that is why I needed to hear the Chair of the Committee. It is only fair that since I am the Chairman of the House Business Committee (HBC), I also have a duty to tell the House the truth. We put this Bill on the Order Paper to force the Committee to know that we need this Bill here. You are next to the Leader of the Majority Party and the Majority Whip. I am the Chairman, and Hon. Osotsi is a member of the Committee. It is good that when you open your mouth, especially when I am on the Chair, please, be careful because, fortunately for me, I have my facts on my fingertips. We have been putting this Bill on the Order Paper so as to force you, the Committee, to move with speed. I am happy that you did that. What we set out to achieve as the HBC has been achieved. We set out to make sure that we force you to move with speed, which you did. So, we succeeded as the HBC. However, Hon. Mwathi, it is not right to now move with lightning speed. I do not know how it happened that it was being proposed that you proceed to the Committee of the whole House. It is not fair. If debate concluded at 1.00 p.m. of the Morning Sitting, how have we put the Bill in the Order Paper for Committee of the whole House? Obviously, what was going to happen is that several Members would not have had the opportunity to propose amendments, including amendments that would easily agree with the ones you have proposed. You have proposed amendments, but this Supplementary Order Paper was prepared this afternoon. Debate ended in the Morning Sitting. Obviously, we were going to take several Members by surprise. It may well be as you said, that you captured the issues raised by the Hon. Owen Baya and several other issues that other Members are raising. But nobody has had the time to go through them, perhaps, to agree or disagree with your proposed amendments."
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