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    "id": 1439933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Something is troubling me. Bills come before us, we process them in Second Readings and it appears as though the normal situation is to pass them. We have spoken about this ever since I came to Bunge in 2013. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill should only focus on correcting minor issues of law. Hon. Speaker, you are a doyen of authority and the Chairperson of the Procedure and House Rules Committee. If we are unable to tame the Executive from where this Bill is coming from, can we change our rules so, that when the Clerk of the National Assembly is perusing a Bill, under the Speaker’s discretion and finds out that a legislation is so fundamental and substantial that it requires policy, the Speaker or the Clerk can refuse to process that kind of Bill? In spite of what Hon. Kaluma and other Members have said that in the Committee of the whole House, we still pass Bills notwithstanding, if there is a policy or they have not been clearly thought of... Hon. Speaker, I want to harvest from your experience. Is it possible for the Procedure and House Rules Committee to change our Standing Orders because presently, nothing like that appears? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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