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    "id": 302469,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "especially the remaining constitutional Bills which have a two-year deadline to 27th August, 2012. They cover specifically the following areas of our Constitution: leadership under Chapter 6, Article 80; the right to petition Parliament, under Chapter 8, Article 119; the Assumption of Office of the President which is covered by Chapter 9, Article 141 and The National Security Organs covered under Chapter 14, especially from Article 239. Already, The Assumption of the Office of President Bill, Bill No.30 of 2012, has been read the first time while the Leadership and Integrity Bill and also the National Security Organs Bill, which covers the defence, the National Security Intelligence Service and the National Security Council will be published tomorrow. I can confirm that we have looked at them in the course of the week with the CIC and all the stakeholders, and they are just awaiting the formal endorsement by the Cabinet tomorrow, after which they will be published. After that, we will be discussing them in the framework of the House Business Committee on Tuesday after which they can come to this House for consideration. Next week, we expect the following Bills to be read the first time, namely The Finance Bill, Bill No.26 of 2012; The Capital Markets Authority (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.24 of 2012 and The Central Bank (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.23 of 2012. We shall also consider the following Bills currently at the Committee Stage. These include The Teachers Service Commission Bill, Bill No.17 of 2012. On Motions, the House will consider the Motion to extend the term of the Office of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) for a period of three months, among other Motions. Finally, the House Business Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, 7th August, at the rise of the House to consider business for the rest of the week. That is in relation to the business for next week. In terms of the delays in the responses to the various Ministerial Statements that have been sought by the Members, I share the same concerns that this House has had. I have been sitting here and I can appreciate the fact that we have not been able to respond. I share the frustrations of the Members. I want to undertake that we will do our best as we look at the whole of this list and share it within the Government. I want to be truthful to this House that obviously, we have not had any consultation. We have not had the details of the specific comments from the Ministers in terms of when they will appear to respond to some of these requests. I will raise this matter in the Cabinet tomorrow and then we can come up with a comprehensive solution to how all these policy issues will be resolved within the House in the course of next week, if this House agrees."
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