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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Hon. (Dr) Nyikal, who has become a guru in parliamentary procedure, was raising the same issue that the Chair of the Department and Committee on Education raised. He was asking that, in as much as the House has been quorating and we have dealt with this with the utmost dedication for which he thanks the Members, is it possible, in terms of our parliamentary procedure, that the Title of the Bill may be amended so that we say the Statute Law Amendments Bill? But that has passed. Hon. Temporary Chairman, the point I wanted to make is that… I have confirmed to Hon. (Dr) Nyikal that you would be right to amend if you wanted to and if the House carries it. That amendment would be carried and go into publication. There is no problem with it because the House makes the ultimate decision. As one of the Leaders of the House, I wanted to make the point that we are proceeding to the Committee of the whole House barely at the Quorum level. We are just barely over 50 Members to transact this business. We are barely over 50 and so, we have pulled through. I thank the Members who have sat through. Hon. Temporary Chairman, if you look at the situation we have and, more so, outside the House... I want to use this occasion as we wait for the Mover to move to remind the Members and, more so, my colleagues in the first term, that this is the legislation stage. If you hear that Parliament's first role is to legislate, the Committee of the Whole is the stage of legislation. At this time, Hon. Deputy Chairman, the Bill is re-read clause by clause, word by word, punctuation by punctuation and what, indeed, comes out is what becomes the law. I am registering my regret, Chair, in as much as we proceeded with Quorum, but there is a large bulk of Members of Parliament who are very useful to these parliamentary processes elected by the people and who, instead of being here and joining these quorate Members, are drinking tea all over. I am requesting, particularly those Members who are honing their skills in legislation, to be in the House and, more so, a time like now."
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