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    "id": 152656,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/152656/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the particular Standing Order under which this Motion has been moved by Mr. Thuo, is the one that requires that every Bill must go to a Departmental Committee so that we, as Members of Parliament, can scrutinize it. The reasons they have advanced are very noble; they have said because of the greater problem of backlog of cases, we need to fast track this process. For that treason, I will support the Motion. However, we would not want this to be a habit. Sincerely, we would want the Government to do the First Reading and commit the Bill to the Departmental Committee so that we can scrutinize it and make amendments. This is because maybe, one clause might cause us to repeat the whole process. We are hoping that by doing this, the Government is also undertaking that they have really looked at all those clauses so that we do not have to re-do this work. I pray that the Attorney-General will give us that assurance, because we do not want to come back and redo the work"
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