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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for defending me. However, I know that there are many new Members in the House. This is an opportunity we can take to tell them what a point of order is all about. The Standing Orders are very clear. They have made specific provisions in which certain business can be expedited. So, there is really nothing out of the ordinary that the House is being asked to do if we are following the right procedure except when you consider Standing Order No.99. In terms of the two sessions--- Perhaps, I am moving ahead, but I do not know to what extent. After the First Reading, we will have to move to the Second Reading and yet the Procedural Motion has not factored in Standing Order No.99. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my appeal is that whereas we have issues, we continue with the debate. In the meantime, the House should move with speed to constitute Departmental Committees like yesterday, so that there is no other business in future that we shall be asked to expedite simply because there are no Committees. Secondly, this House must send a very strong message to the Executive. When we adjourned three weeks ago, the only excuse we were given was that we should allow Government to come up with serious business for the House. Three weeks down the road, there is no business. There were 17 Ministers in existence. They should not tell us that they were waiting for the Grand Coalition Government. There were 17 Ministries in existence. They were working and functioning properly. They should have prepared and brought business here. We are, therefore, asking for your indulgence, so that Ministers can take this House seriously. This reflects failure on their part to generate sufficient business. I beg to support."
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