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    "id": 206238,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I really seek to move:- THAT, that the Committee Reports Progress and seeks leave to sit again. My reasons for so moving are as follows:- This House has witnessed a number of amendments which come from the Floor of the House debated. They are passed in a hurry and they create problems. Only this afternoon, we were debating such an issue under the Media Bill, which amendment was brought to the Floor of the House, quickly debated and then enacted. If one had time, he would have re-phrased that clause in a manner to reflect the intention of Eng. Karue; which intention was noble. But because we hurried, the Clause became wild to encompass sources of information. I can quote many instances in the past, even in the last Budget, where amendments came in a hurry and they were passed. They created problems later. I think that is why the Speaker has said that he has to approve those amendments in good time. Both sides of the House must look at them in good time, before we come to the Committee Stage and address those issues. It is, of course, unfortunate that some amendments that were already reflected in the Committee Report were not here. It is unfortunate! But the fact of the matter is that it has happened. We do not want to be caught unawares. I have been inundated also, just like you, with a number of amendments. People are drafting them in their own handwritings and bringing them to me. They are also amendments. Some of them are agreed amendments and so on. I think if we seek leave to sit again, it will now give time to the Clerks Office to put all those amendments properly on the Order Paper so that, when we come here, we can move with due speed. So, I beg to move that the Committee Reports Progress and seeks leave to sit again."
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