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    "content": "Order! This House recognises two languages: English and Swahili. And even in using those, you do so when the Speaker is not on his feet. The Member for Homa Bay Town Constituency relied on the argument that proposed amendments in respect to the Bill were nearly on all the clauses. He averred that it was an established practice of the House pursuant to Standing Order 131 that where too many amendments are proposed on a Bill, the Speaker refers the amendments to the relevant committee for harmonization; a process popularly known as winnowing. He further implied that where the multiplicity of amendments appear to rewrite the Bill, the Speaker will order such a Bill to be republished. Other Members including the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gladys Boss, and the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health, Hon. Robert Pukose, weighed in on the matter and gave their input and clarification on the nature of the proposed amendments. Hon. Members, having considered the issues raised by the Member for Homa Bay Constituency in relation to this, the assurances of the Vice-Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health and other Members, I was inclined to commit the consideration of the Bill in the Committee of the whole House. In so doing, I was hopeful that the Committee will conscientiously consider and decide each of the proposed amendments including those that I approved after the publication of the Bill on the Order Paper. I also guided the House that should need for certain proposed amendments to undergo winnowing arise while in the Committee of the whole House, the Chairperson of the Committee will be at liberty to stay the relevant clauses to allow further consideration. For the record, the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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