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    "id": 471313,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/471313/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in accordance with the Standing Order that was referred to by Sen. Murkomen, since we have Standing Committees and Sessional Committees, we have the Committee on Devolved Government and the Committee on Delegated Legislation. The Standing Orders seem to suggest that Bills can only be subjected or committed to Standing Committees. On several occasions, the Committee on Devolved Government has taken any other business in this House because its mandate is quite wide. On several occasions, we have had Bills that we knew that if they were not committed to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, they would have to go to the Committee on Devolved Governments. The directions you are giving is that unless a Select Committee is appointed to look at certain legislation, most likely, they would be within the existing Standing Committees. That means that we have several Bills that have been tabled in this House for the First Reading. We are waiting for the Second Readings, but the Bills have not been committed to the relevant committees. However, most likely, that committee will be the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; if at all your directions are that, a Bill cannot be committed to a Select Committee. We may need your direction because we have almost two to three Bills that ought to be brought to this House, but have not been committed to the relevant Standing Committees."
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