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    "id": 208343,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Awori",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Moody Arthur Awori",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to reply. I want to thank all hon. Members who have made their contributions on this Motion. I just want them to go down memory lane. In the last quarter of a Century that I have been in this House, every year without fail, at the beginning of August, this House goes on recess. Therefore, there is nothing strange in my standing here and moving a Motion for the Adjournment at this time. In fact, I am almost two weeks behind the time that the Motion for the Adjournment was supposed to have been moved. So, let us make that very clear. This Motion for the Adjournment is always moved at this time, so that we can then move on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of reference to tiredness has nothing to do - if you look at the HANSARD - with the Government. We said that the House is tired. That is its Members. Just look at the House. Why do we not have, at least, 100 hon. Members here? The question that we are discussing should not be personalised. This is a matter for the House. Ministers are on duty 24 hours, whether the House is in recess or not. So, the question of Ministers being tired does not apply. The question of saying that there is insecurity in one place or another and that, when we go on recess, Ministers will be going to their constituencies leaving those people to suffer, is a misconception. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all the due respect, why is it that we are not coming to discuss the very reason why we are talking of not going on recess? We have talked about the many businesses that are unfinished. How many times have we, in fact, gone against the Constitution, and passed Bills here, with 17 people? Even with seven people!"
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