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    "id": 1375458,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened to the Leader of the Minority Party. I am glad because he asserts that he is a Member of the HBC. I can also confirm that he attended the HBC meeting over lunch hour. These are some of the issues that he should have transacted there, but he did not raise them. The Order Paper had already been published by the time we were in the HBC meeting. There was an indication of the business lined up for debate tomorrow in the morning and afternoon sittings. I have listened to the issues raised since this debate began last week. I am also aware that quite a number of Members have been discussing with the Chairman of the Committee and proposed various amendments. I know there are also a number of Members who have already filed their proposed amendments. It is now 5.00 p.m. We have up to tomorrow before the Third Reading of the Bill. Occasionally, the Hon. Speaker allows Members to file amendments on the Floor, and they are considered in the afternoon. If anybody wants to file amendments over lunch hour, the Office of the Clerk can publish a Supplementary Order Paper. Hon. Speaker, I prevail upon you that we transact business as approved by the House Business Committee. Since it was within the rights of the Leader of the Minority Party to propose that change within the House Business Committee before approval of the business of the week. Otherwise, we are now on the verge of re-transacting the business that was before the House Business Committee in plenary, which will not set a very good precedent. Hon. Speaker, I prefer we give Hon. Members up to tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. to file their amendments, especially those absent on Thursday and today. I have checked with the Clerk’s Office, and some Members have already filed their amendments. Once the Order Paper is published, should anybody want to file their amendments, we will give them up to tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. Hon. Speaker, then we will publish a Supplementary Order Paper with your approval. Otherwise, I strongly oppose delaying this business beyond the time agreed upon by the House Business Committee."
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