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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you so much hon. Speaker. I wish to support this particular Procedural Motion. As I do so, I just want to encourage hon. Members because it is always saddening to see hon. Members on television saying: “We did not pass that Bill, I did not read that content, I do not know what we passed.” It makes hon. Members look bad. I think giving hon. Members time, like we have done and giving Movers time to elaborate on the Bills they bring before the House, is good. If hon. Members are attentive, we will understand the Bills we pass before this House. We are a House; there are no two National Assemblies in this country. It is only one. If hon. Members take time to listen to each other when we are moving Bills; if hon. Members take time to research on the Bills that are brought here, time will be well spent. Hon. Speaker, you need to take charge. If any hon. Member of this House, once we pass a Bill, goes out there to disown it, it will be wrong. I sit on the Minority Party but I know this is a single House. So, if my side of the House has an issue with the Bill, the best thing to do is to bring amendments and work on the Bills to look better. The idea of hon. Members, whether on the other side or this side, disowning Bills passed in this House is confusing this country. Therefore, if hon. Members are bringing Bills, I want them to note that they have enough time to research and present before this House the ideas, so that we understand and go along with them. When hon. Members are contributing, they must ensure that they read and understand what the movers are moving because we have enough time to move forward as House and move this country forward. Thank you."
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