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    "id": 1427139,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13589,
        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
        "slug": "maanzo-daniel-kitonga"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Article 124 of the Constitution says- “Each House of Parliament may establish committees and shall make Standing Orders for the orderly conduct of its proceedings, including the proceedings of its committees.” The Standing Orders apply to the business of the House and the committees. The Standing Orders are like a law, just like an Act of Parliament. However, they also are not cast in stone, they can be amended from time to time, just like has been proposed. Under Standing Order No.237, there has been a practice of making comments on Petitions when they are presented and when a report on them is presented. Although the main idea of the brief comments was to guide the House or give a general view to the Committee, they have ended up consuming a lot of the House’s time. Most of the time, they will go up to 4.00 p.m. or 4.30 p.m. before we go into the main business; the Bills. Therefore, I agree with the Committee that this saves time for the House. The House will utilise that time on legislative business. Although it had its own place before it was reviewed, it will be very useful for a Committee. However, how useful? Sometimes, those comments may not even end up constituting the main part of the Report, a committee will still have to do its work. So, I think the move by the Committee is very positive in making this House efficient in serving devolution and Kenyans much better. I support."
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