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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I really want to ask for the indulgence of this House. Madam Wanga please kindly hear me. I have just come in and I want to ask the House to indulge me because I have not really had the opportunity to benefit from the debate that preceded my chance of speaking but from what has been said I want to believe that this House is a House of rules. I want to believe that from time immemorial precedent and practice have been used to look at matters that have been determined before this House. I know Members represent constituencies in this country. Members represent people that feel hurt by imposition of this particular tax especially on very essential commodities. I want to beg the House to respect that even when we disagree, and as long as our procedures do not give us the opportunity to have it our way, in such an instance, the best thing is to step aside or stand down this kind of a Motion and agree on how to attack the matter the next day. So, if we have a problem---"
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