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    "id": 14369,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Vice-President, but also to bring his attention and that of the House to a matter which has been outstanding for nearly two years; this is the Indemnity (Repeal) Bill of 2009. As you are aware, I sponsored this Bill and the House unanimously endorsed it in April, 2010. The President, in exercise of the powers under Section 46(3) and (4) of the former Constitution, refused to assent to the Bill and returned a memorandum dated 26th August, 2010, outlining the reasons for his refusal. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the memorandum is yet to be considered by the House. I want to table a letter I wrote to the Vice-President dated 12th September, 2011, as the Leader of Government Business, where I said that it is apparent this matter has taken an inordinately long period of time. I am concerned that despite the memorandum having been sent to the National Assembly over one year ago, it is yet to be disposed of by the House. This is despite my frequent requests that the same be urgently considered. I request the intervention of the Office of the Vice-President to ensure this matter is concluded in order to bring this long outstanding issue to a closure. Therefore, I just want to find out from the Vice-President when he will ask the Attorney-General to bring this memorandum to the Floor of this House, so that we can discuss it one way or the other because keeping it in abeyance does not help both myself, the country and the House."
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