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    "id": 264268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Without anticipating debate, should we agree to extend by extra time, and hon. Members also finish all the business at hand, we do not have to be here until 11.00 p.m. When 11.00 p.m. finds us here, wherever we shall be, we shall continue in the next sitting day. So, again, 11.00 p.m. is based on the Members endurance as in the past. I believe it is, perhaps, not a matter we need to belabour much on. I would beseech this House that let us agree in our usual style. That we allocate as much time as possible to completion of the business before us, so that we can cover as much ground as possible. If we need to seek an extension, it is for the outstanding matters, rather than for the matters that we can dispose of immediately. I believe we have done this as a House Business Committee after consulting with as many people as possible. Committees have been working extra hard to bring business. It is them who have brought all these business. Members will realize from the Order Paper that the number of amendments on the Land Bills, County Government, and Devolution Bills are quite voluminous. It will be important if we can finish at least devolution issues, so that the matter of devolution may start as early as next week. We want to give them the enabling framework to implement devolution. Hon. Members will agree with me that even as we work on all the other outstanding issues, devolution is critical. It is a new thing we are getting into. Let us get ourselves as much as possible, from next week to start the implementation, rather than wait for another 30 or 60 days to complete what we have already agreed on. It has been agreed in the Committees and it is before us now to make a decision on it today."
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