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    "id": 319895,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This opportunity by the Deputy Leader of Government Business to report to this House is not just an exercise in futility. It is in our Standing Orders, specifically, Standing Order No. 36(4). In fact the Deputy Leader of Government Business is supposed to lay on the Table these Statements he has read which he has not done for a long time. Laying the documents on the Table is not the same as keeping it to yourself. Secondly, if you look at Standing Order No.38 (2) on how business should be coming especially for Private Members, it states as follows:- “Bills sponsored by parties, committees or Members other than Ministers shall take precedence in that order.” I must condemn all Members of the House Business Committee (HBC), including Members we have sent there to represent the Back Benchers, that our Bills and particularly--- I am referring to the Internally Displaced Persons Bill, 2012, which has always been put off and many other Bills as you can hear the hon. Members saying. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the Deputy Leader of Government Business to tell us how they conduct business that is contrary to the provisions of Standing Order No.38(2) where preference is given to Motions or Bills not sponsored by either the"
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