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    "id": 387946,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to disagree with my colleague that the cost of functions is done by the governors. There are constitutionally mandated bodies like TA, CRA and by extension, even the CIC when they sit together, it is only the TA that will gazette the cost and the functions. It is not the governors. So, we need to do that for the HANSARD. But that is why the law sets the benchmark. If it says that for this House to amend it must have a two-thirds majority, then that law must be adhered to. Otherwise, what the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is just doing is a talk show which we have to respect and the only time he can bring the issue back under the same law is six months from today. We need to utilize our time in a very good way. If you know that the amendment will carry two-thirds and you know that we do not have the two-thirds majority and we still have other small agendas in the House like the CDF Act and the Motion for Adjournment, we need to use our time very well. Hon. Members have that right within the Standing Orders, but we should know that we have to move. That is why a benchmark has been set of two- thirds majority."
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