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    "id": 197792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kisumu Rural",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to support the Leader of Government Business in this Motion. But this is one of the most frustrating Standing Orders in this House. That is because when hon. Members ask for Motions of Adjournment, they are usually on matters which are of great national importance or matters that are very important to the House. Therefore, the time limit given for these Motions of Adjournment may have been appropriate in colonial times when Parliament was made up of the gentry, who agreed on most of the issues. However, these days, given the diversity of society and issues confronting the nation, I would like to appeal to the House that we revise the time limits that are prescribed in this Standing Order. For example, asking 220 hon. Members to debate a Motion for 30 minutes is bordering on the ridiculous. So, I do not know what procedure we may adopt today, but surely, I think it stands to reason that asking 220 people to debate an important issue for 30 minutes is either ridiculing what they are doing, or tasking them to be too precise to express themselves in the time given. So, I have always been uncomfortable with this Standing Order since 1993 and I continue to be uncomfortable. I would, therefore, like to appeal to Mr. Speaker that this particular Motion be looked at and even if passed, the House doth agree that the Standing Orders Committee immediately looks at the time limit in this particular Motion of Adjournment to be brought back to the House and the limit be revised accordingly."
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