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    "id": 1339635,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Otherwise, I thank the Mover of this Bill because, for the first time, I have seen a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill transacted in the manner it should. In past circumstances, the Leader of the Majority Party or Movers of those Bills did not allow any amendment. I have seen the Leader of the Majority Party give leeway to the House and Members to reject provisions that should not be accepted in the context of a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. Let me thank him for that. Members should debate Bills and make laws for the country with that freedom and liberty. I needed to register that and thank Members for we deliberately allowed each Member to have their say in as much as we ultimately decided. I encourage that we go that way so that we treat them that way whenever we have Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) laws in future. Today, I was so sweetly surprised that even the Leader of the Majority Party himself said that this and that was not for this law. We went ahead and withdrew some. My compliment is also to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education, Hon. Melly. Even the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure came without being obstructed by the Mover or the Leader of the Majority Party. He said we could not have this and that kind of provision in a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. Of course, that is the provision to which the Leader of the Majority Party spoke and commented. He said we should freely transact parliamentary business that way. For that, I thank the Temporary Chairman who presided, the Mover and all the Members who participated. Thank you."
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