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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Lankas",
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        "legal_name": "Lankas ole Nkoidila",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion. I want to make it very clear right from the outset that we are not opposed to hon. Members going on recess. What we are saying is that the timing is wrong. We are saying that because there is unfinished business in this House. That business is as a result of your order as the Chair. You gave work to the Departmental Committees of this House. You even gave us some time frame to complete that work. Now that we are ready to present our Reports--- We must appreciate that these Committees have worked tirelessly. Some of the hon. Members have sacrificed their own personal time to make sure that they beat the deadline that you gave as the Chair. Now that the Committees are ready to present their Reports, we are being told to go on recess. We want to submit our Reports because we were given orders. We do not want to appear before this House with incomplete business. So, could we be allowed to present our findings as Departmental Committees of this House instead of telling us to go on recess? There is fear in this House, if you can read the mood of the House. Nobody knows what the fear is for. However, one or two weeks will not make a difference! Some hon. Members have said that they have businesses that they want to go and carry out in their constituencies. I wish they were honest. We are saying that you give us one or two weeks to complete the incomplete business. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, because of the fear that is lurking in this House, I wish to seek the indulgence of the Chair, that we be given one or two weeks. After that, the fear that is lurking in this House will come out in those two weeks. So, I am saying, \"Give us one or two weeks. It will not make a difference.\" We all have business to attend to in our respective constituencies. Who is this who does not want to rest? People want to go and rest and bury their heads in the sand like the proverbial ostrich so that they can assume that everything is right. We have matters of national importance to attend to. When a matter is of that nature, I believe that the element of urgency comes in. We are working because we were given orders by this House to complete certain works within two weeks. Now that we are ready to present our Report, we should be given the time to do so. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose."
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