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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Clearly, in the light of what you have just elaborated and in view of the gravity of this matter with regard to the need for the House to enact the Finance Bill, I propose to withdraw consideration of Order No.8 and also the Motion of Adjournment because if we were to adjourn without passing the Finance Bill, the consequences as you have rightly put it would be dire. I gather that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance would have been using the Provisional Collection Order (PCO) and if by 31st December, 2011, this legislation is not in place then one of the things that the Treasury must do is to refund all the taxes that would have been illegally levied. I think the consequences to this nation and to what we stand for would have been dealt a grave blow. Therefore, I want to seek the Chair’s indulgence and, indeed, the indulgence of the House that I withdraw Order No.8 as well the Motion of Adjournment."
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