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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Fair enough. Hon. Members, as you are all aware, the Standing Orders provide that where petitions are directed to a Committee or to a Government department by way of a Ministry, then the committee or the Ministry must inquire into the matter and furnish a response within 21 days from the date of reference. So, in this case, 21 days are long gone. Anybody in the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources who can indicate to the House what the matter could be? Is there any Member from the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources in the House? There must be a Member of that Committee here. Members do not want to volunteer. Well, in the absence of any Member who serves in the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, then I direct that, that response be filed in the House within 14 days from today. Hon. Members, further, in the same vein, my attention has been drawn to a number of petitions that are not yet responded to and yet, some of them go back to sometime last year, when they were referred to different departmental committees and/or Ministries. No action has been forthcoming. For example, I have in mind, in particular, the emotive matter pertaining to Busia land which relates to the growth of sugar-cane. That report has been pending since last year. I am wondering what the Committee is doing. In the meantime, collateral issues have arisen which the Committee will also need to investigate."
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