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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Well, we have given instructions that Private Members’ Bills be prioritized as they come. I am sure that, if you look at the order in which they are placed, it reflects the publication time and when they were first introduced in the House. So, I believe that if the House, of course in plenary here, wants to shorten the time they take debating one Bill, very many Private Members’ Bills will be done away with. This is just to try and express some view that we cannot all speak to every Bill. If we all want to speak to every Bill on Wednesday morning, then we are actually not helping our colleagues who have proposed certain Bills. It means that they can only be dealt with after that week. I do know that there are about three Private Members’ Bills listed for Wednesday next week, and yours being one of them. I am sure the Leader of Majority Party has been pushing to have that Bill debated. It was hoped by the House Business Committee that the last one, which was debated this week, would take less than one hour, so that the others can follow in that order. The new Constitution and our own Standing Orders allow you to come up with legislative proposal as private Members. Indeed, even if you want to amend one article or section in a law, like it happens in other jurisdictions, it is still your initiative. But for us to realize that, we must appreciate that once the substance of a Bill has been introduced and debated by a sizeable number of Members, we should give way so that others can get the chance to be debated. I think hon. Ng’ongo, that matter is in good hands. The Leader of Majority Party has been pushing for it. I know there several others which are in the pipeline. Hon. Musyimi, do you have something to say before we go to the next business?"
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