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    "id": 314657,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Order! Order, hon. Members! Hon. Members, the Chair would like to, now, give direction on this matter. Indeed, the Chair accepts the authenticity of the letter from the PS, Ministry of Finance, which was addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, which, indeed, wants this Report to be disposed of as soon as possible. It is also clearly surprising in that the Government is supposed to act as one when this matter was being determined in the House Business Committee. However, we have seen the Government with a lot of cross purposes lately. Having said so, I also appreciate the urgency of this mater. My own recollection of my terms in the House was that PAC Reports are very important. That is the practice in Kenya and in all Commonwealth Legislatures. Standing Order No.36(2) also says:- “36(2) Business shall be disposed of in the sequence in which it appears in the Order Paper or in such other sequence as the Speaker may, for the convenience of the House, direct.” Hon. Members, we cannot expect the Government to govern and, at the same time, hold itself accountable. You cannot be the judge, the jury and the executioner. This is a cardinal role for Parliament. Therefore, it is in the interest of the country, the practice and conformity with our own Standard Orders; that the Chair rules that this business be"
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