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    "id": 1219194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is the tradition of this House that when a Member has a Question listed on the Order Paper, he avails himself to ensure that he asks it. If we continue with this trend, we are going to lose what Parliament stands for: order, records and many things that are orderly. There are two Members whose Questions have been left out. Because these two Questions are placed on the Order Paper, they occupy space. We now have Members whose Questions are in the Order Paper but they are absent. Someone else would have used the opportunity to ask his Question. These Members neither came to the Chamber nor wrote to the Speaker to say why they are not here. If you cannot ask your Question, the tradition is to write to the Speaker and say that you will not be here on a particular day for your Question to be deferred. You deferred a Question which the Member has not requested for deferment. You need to drop the Questions, so that Members can learn to be here when they request to ask Questions. A Question that no one has requested to be deferred should not be deferred. It should be dropped, so that we create space for more Questions. Members should take parliamentary business seriously. Wednesdays are for Members’ business and Questions. They have to be here. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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