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    "id": 259961,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to also oppose this Procedural Motion asking us to exempt today’s Order Paper from the provisions of Standing Order No.38(1) which basically mandates this House to debate Private Members’ Motions this morning. You remember that the Government has enough time namely on Tuesdays, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon to debate the Government Motions. It is wrong for the Government again to use its power in the House Business Committee to deny the Backbenchers an opportunity to have their Motions canvassed. We have a number of Motions which we have filed that require to be debated. We will not allow the House Business Committee to lower the value of our Motions by bringing in Government Motions on a single day and a single sitting that we have for Private Members’ Motions. Looking through the Order Paper, the only Motion I see is Order No.9 which is basically asking this House to adopt the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. This House has no respect, at all, to the recommendations of this Committee. I do not think it is important to waste this Parliament’s time to debate a Report from a Committee that this House has no regard for. Therefore, I oppose this request from the Government to debate its Motion and rather to go back. If they have no business, we better adjourn and go home for the House Business Committee to prepare for us business to deal with. If we allow the House Business Committee to be doing this, then we will set a precedence that we may not handle in future. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I oppose."
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