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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. I do not want to go back to what has been discussed by the Members, but I think there is a very worrying trend that is growing in the House. Either the Committee Chairs are not taking their work seriously or I dare say that some Committee Chairs are simply incompetent. We cannot keep on coming to this House preparing. You know that we have very limited research capacity in this Parliament. A lot of the research, we do on our own. You spend a whole night researching on your own, coming to debate a Bill and then because of lack of preparedness by the Committee Chairs, the Bills are not ready. We have to forget this business of tyranny of numbers and go for competence, so that we can get Chairs of Committees who take the work of Parliament seriously. I have been a Chair in this House and I know what it means to be a Chair of a Committee. Most Chairmen of Committees in this House do not take their work seriously and they are slowing down the business of the House. We have to take drastic measures. I am glad one Chairman has already been shown the door. Let it be a trend. If they do not want to perform, we show them the door."
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