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    "id": 208174,
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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House pleads for your indulgence. The Leader of Government Business is seeking an adjournment of the House. He has emphasised that we have worked for four years tirelessly. To my dismay, the contentions and the conclusions were that we have several pending Bills that we need to exhaust before this 9th Parliament proceeds to the next general elections. That presumes that there is another Government that will come to vote. If we have been given homework by our nationals, we must finish that home work. I stand to oppose the adjournment on the Floor of this House. We have been accused and even called names. We have been told that we come here to sleep and that we are having an easy time here. We need to have a yardstick to measure our performance. The performance contract for Members of Parliament requires us to completely exhaust all the pending Bills before we go home. The Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs, who is also the Leader of Government Business, and all the Ministers concerned should bring all the pending Bills in their custody so that we can exhaust them here before we leave this Parliament whether permanently, seasonally, or short-term. Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion for Adjournment."
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