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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I think they had taken some leave. Hon. Members, this Communication relates to the manner of considering Money Bills and proposed amendments to Money Bills in the Committee of the whole House. The Communication arises from an undertaking made by the Deputy Speaker on 3rd April, 2014 during the consideration of the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2013 sponsored by the Member for Suba, hon. John Mbadi. You will recall that on that day the said Bill was scheduled to be considered in the Committee of the whole House. However, the Committee did report progress and was granted leave to sit again. This was necessitated by the fact that most of you attempted to challenge the ruling of the Deputy Speaker on the fate of most of the proposed amendments to the Bill at the time. From the outset, I must say that even though the ensuing debate set off insightful discourse on the application of Article 114 of the Constitution, an attempt to challenge the ruling made from the Chair on a matter of application of a provision of the Constitution in parliamentary practice is unprecedented in our legislative history and ought to be discouraged at all times. Hon. Members, I have since been seized of the matter and wish to make the following observations: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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