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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been in consultation with the Clerk to find out how we can move this amendment. But I fully support this amendment. One, from experience and knowing from you, particularly when you are moving a Motion – and I have known the many times you moved Motions – I do not recall a day when you were able to move a substantive Motion for less than 15 minutes. In fact, because of the thoroughness of your work, a lot of times we used to have 20 to 25 minutes. Indeed, the role of the Senate is such that when the Senate is speaking, the senior House must be allowed to express itself fully on any matter, including a Procedural Motion like this one. It will be wrong for a senior House like the Senate, when a Motion is moved that hon. Senators and the country as a whole, do not get to hear arguments for or against such a Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from my previous experience, 15 minutes is hardly enough to move any Motion unless it is a Procedural Motion like the one we are dealing with. So, I fully support the Senator for Busia County. One way of informing the Clerks-at-the Table and for that matter the Rules and House Committee, is that if the maximum period is two hours, then on calculation after the Mover and the Responder have given their contributions, and the Mover has replied, there would only be 50 minutes for the rest of the House to contribute. The only way to address this is what the Senator for Busia County has also resolved, by extending the hours for debate to three hours. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that this House will have a lot of business; a lot of which may emanate because of joint responsibilities with the National Assembly. So, it is important that we get sufficient time to deal with any matter that comes before us. For The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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