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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "to expand the time so that every hon. Member who wants to speak can speak as much as the time allows. Indeed, for those of us who served in the last Parliament, ten minutes is actually enough when you are contributing to a substantive issue. If you ask members of the public out here, they are saying that the standards of debate in the house have gone terribly low because there is no time to say anything substantive. Even if you have researched and you have very serious issues, sometimes you cannot say anything serious in three minutes. Therefore, I want the Procedures and Rules Committee, as a matter of urgency, to sit and relook at the rules so that--- Even in the old Parliament, we took three hours; we need to move it to six hours. Where we took three days for a Bill, we need to push it to six days because it was not ordained by God that this House must pass all these Bills in this country. If we do not finish, the next House will pass the rest. So, let us prioritize the ones that are urgent, but let us give every hon. Member a chance. I want to agree with what hon. David Ochieng said earlier that you see hon. Members disowning what has been agreed upon in this House. Even if you are in the Minority, I would find it easier standing by what was agreed upon, if my voice was heard. But if my voice is not heard in the House, it will be heard outside there. So, let us desist from that and enable the House sustain its dignity by enabling every hon. Member to speak on the Floor. Finally, while we are looking at that, I want us to also look at the issue of ranking. All of us who were in the last Parliament knew that there are certain hon. Members, even if they were given priority, we did not complain because it is a historical fact - ranking. Therefore, let us take that into account. If I see hon. Ng’ongo speaking ahead of me, I do not complain because it is an issue of ranking. Thank you."
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