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    "id": 1272816,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to commend you especially on the first issue of Private Members’ Bills. More often, Members prepare Bills and send them to Committees and they journey for four years as the Bill is tossed from one Committee to another. Eventually, the House adjourns sine die and those Bills are lost. If you would recall, when we started this Session, there was a long list of Bills that were being referred which had died with the 12th Parliament’s sine die adjournment. I want to commend you on the number of days you have ordered that such a Bill can be revived. Many Members’ efforts are wasted by delays by the Committees. Sometimes Bills are referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee even when they do not necessarily have to go there. A lot of time and effort is wasted. One is even invited to go to Mombasa but you will stay there without any progress. Our country’s resources are being wasted by tossing Bills around. I want to commend you on that Communication. I hope the Chairpersons of Committees will expeditiously ensure that Bills are fast-tracked. Secondly, on the issue of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, it is an important thing for the Government, and I want to ask the Chairpersons of the Committees that are involved to do their work and make sure that we have these laws in place within the shortest time possible. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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