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    "id": 281537,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Temporary Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Hon. Members, the Chair would like to give some direction on this matter. Mr. Mbadi rose on a point of order to argue on an issue of what he considered “any particular matter” and that they wanted to combine the two Bills and if they did, he would be denied the right to vote. Therefore, he suggested that they should be dealt with differently. So, he called upon the Chair to determine if that is not unconstitutional. The rest of the speakers; Mr. Kimunya, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Lands, the Attorney-General and the only Backbencher who came to the side of the Government, Mrs. Shebesh, have argued that, that is a narrow understanding of the provisions of the Constitution. Indeed, the Constitution has provided in the same Article 261(3) power to extend the time contemplated in clause 2. This may be exercised only once in respect of any particular matter. Since they want to extend time, you can only deal with that particular matter and by combining them; the extension of time, in my view, it does not violate that particular provision. Article 261(3)(b) which is even more fundamental and is also in the body of the Motion itself provides that “only in exceptional circumstances to be certified by the Speaker of the National Assembly”."
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