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    "id": 333825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to oppose this particular Motion. We have been passing Bills in this House but later commenting on television how Bills were passed at night in a hurry because we do not give our Committees enough time to look at the Bills. I understand the relevance of these Bills but I also know that when we start debating an issue on the Floor, it takes over the agenda of that Bill. By the time a Committee is in place, we have rejected committee reports, something I do not agree with because we have already started the debate on that particular issue in the public discourse and set the mood on the way we want it to go. Even when the relevant Committee of the House comes with a proper procedural way on how the Bill should go or even its legal interpretation, because the country has already heard our debate, we normally defeat the committee reports since we are already playing to the gallery. I do not want us to risk that because these Bills have a lot of political connotation. I support what hon. Jakoyo Midiwo is doing but say that the Committee can also sit overnight and by the time we go to the Second Reading, we have a report. We have done reports that are even preliminary even for us to understand the gist of the amendments which are being brought to the Floor of this House. I do not support."
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