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    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97(1) and notwithstanding the Resolution of the House of 14th February 2024, this House orders that each speech in a debate on a Special Motion under Articles 145 and 150 of the Constitution shall be limited as follows: A maximum of 60 minutes for the Mover in moving and 30 minutes in replying and a maximum of five minutes for any other Member speaking, except for the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and the Member seconding the Motion, who shall be limited to a maximum of 10 minutes each, and that, at least, two and a half hours before a vote is taken on the Motion, the Deputy President or the President (as the case may be), shall be accorded an opportunity to be heard, in accordance with Standing Order 67(b)(ii). Going by the Notice of Motion tabled yesterday, this Motion received overwhelming support of 291 signatures. That ideally means that Members should be given adequate time to debate this Motion. Usually, of course - and the House knows - each Member gets about 10 minutes to speak on any Motion. But because of the overwhelming interest across the political divide, with 291 Members supporting and the minority of about 54 Members who do not support, will get an opportunity to articulate their issues within the five minutes. They should arrange their thoughts and articulate them within the five minutes that is allocated to them. We should also allocate 60 minutes to the Mover so that he can place his grounds on the Table without a hurry, and 30 minutes right of reply. For us, this is fair. To add to that, we wish that the Deputy President is accorded an opportunity to be heard in this House. The proposal is to allocate him two hours of defence on the Floor of this House without being interrupted. So, I beg to move that Members arrange their thoughts within the allocated timeline and come in large numbers that day very early in the morning to articulate their issues in support of or while opposing the Motion. I beg to move and ask Hon. Sam Atandi to second. 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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