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    "id": 256327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kituyi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 293,
        "legal_name": "Mukhisa Kituyi",
        "slug": "mukhisa-kituyi"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the principal matter at hand is the Official Opposition withdrawing candidates from Membership of a parliamentary committee, whom we understand they had presented. Let me jog your mind, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This morning, the main contention of the Official Opposition was that they were entitled to seven and not six Members in the committee. Further to that, they went through the motions of appropriating the additional slot allotted to them. If you accepted that you wanted seven Members in the committee and even went through the process of giving a seventh name to join the committee--- We broke off because the listing as amended had not been completed properly so that the House could come up with the same names listed properly. That was the ruling of the Chair. There was a mix-up. I would expect that the Official Opposition would say they are dissatisfied because those are not the names they presented. They could also refuse if we breached the agreement that the number would be increased from six to seven Members. But to stand up and purport to remove, by an amendment, all the seven Members, I would recommend that the Motion passes and they resign individually. That is an easier way to go. If you are now saying that the principles on which you had presented the six names and even presented a seventh name have been negated because of consultations you have had, defeats logic. I want to propose that this House proceeds to vote on this Motion. If the amendment is defeated, we continue with the serious business of this House."
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