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    "id": 29597,
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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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 107, this House orders that the publication period of the National Police Service Bill (Bill No. 31 of 2011), the National Police Service Commission Bill (Bill No. 32 of 2011) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Bill (Bill No. 33 of 2011) be reduced from 14 to 6 days. As Members may be aware, these Bills are required to meet the timelines that are contained in the Constitution, and need to be cleared before 26th August, next week. It has taken quite a while to have these Bills processed. They had to go through all the consultations when they were first drafted and getting the CIOC and all the stakeholders to look at them. Eventually, they were approved by the Cabinet as the last step. The only remaining bit is the House to consider and approve them. I am also aware that even the House Committees have been involved in this process. So, by shortening this period, we would not be losing in terms of the wider exposure to the extent that, all the people they were being exposed to, have already been exposed to in the process of consultations. Therefore, we would be buying time without losing any of the intended issues in terms of having 14 days for purposes of exposure. I would like to urge that this House grants us this wish so that the First Reading can be done today and next week, we can come to shorten the time that is required at the Committee Stage. That is because the Committee has been part and parcel of the development of these Bills. We can then, hopefully, go through the Second Reading and the Third Reading and have these very critical Bills in place at the time required. With those words, I beg to move and ask the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security to second."
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