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    "id": 489990,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am a bit at a loss that we have prolonged this issue unnecessarily. For the sake of the future, I want it to be made very clear that the practices of this House of the Standing Orders – and I have the authority of Erskine May – is that the type of contribution that was engaged in during the Committee stage is appropriate only during the Second Reading. In fact, even our own Standing Orders give us more latitude. You can speak for ten minutes and others half-an-hour during the Second Reading or if there is a proper Motion before the House. During the Committee Stage, and I can quote Erskine May, you are not supposed to make those lengthy contributions. In fact, you should not even speak for more than a minute or two. You just need to seek a clarification here and there or make an amendment here and there, and proceed on. During the Third Reading, again, you can make half-a-minute contributions. It is only during the Second Reading that you can engage in ten or 20 minutes discussions. Therefore, my colleague, Sen. Haji, missed out on the main Motion, which was before this House and was trying now to say the same things that he should have said at that time. I hope that for the future that should not be allowed. Thank you."
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