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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "not. So, I want to tell my colleagues that nothing has been lost because on Tuesday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. as we wait for the Committee that is chaired by hon. Speaker to look at the Communication, the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information can interrogate questions related to that field, the Committee on Education, Research and Technology can interrogate on questions related to education sector and the same case can apply to the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. Next Tuesday, we can do the same. Hon. Speaker, after the Orders on Prayers, Statements and Communication from the Chair we go to substantive Business of the House. If we do that, we will get more time to deal with Bills. We will create more time for Committees to do proper Budget oversight and deal with both Private and Public Members’ Bills. What we are doing is to create more time for Committees to basically deal with their mandates and desist from having Chairs and Vice Chairs reading Statements on behalf of the Government. I want to welcome that Communication because I think it has given a leeway. I want to tell all and sundry that the National Assembly, under your leadership, will listen to each and every divergent view. Now that we have a Communication from the President, it is the Executive’s opinion that we take it to the Procedure and House Rules Committee that you chair, to look at and bring a report. If we feel that, that is the way to go, we go back to our colleagues. I want to ask the hon. Speaker to move a step further and implement the separation of power, more so between the Executive and the Legislature. The culture of hon. Members of Parliament, who are my colleagues, having the leeway with Cabinet Secretaries should stop. In my opinion, members of a particular Committee should not sit with institutions and personnel that they oversee. For example, if I belong to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, it is unconstitutional and illegal to lobby for an institution that I oversee. It is even better for a member who does not belong to that Committee to do so. So, our Tuesday is back. We will keep the Committee on General Oversight somewhere so that in case we need it, we will have it. We do not want to kill it. Members will miss the allowances, but it should be in our books in case we need it. I am a serious Muslim and I believe in God. Those who opposed that Committee, one year late might see its relevance. Hon. Members will chair Committees on Tuesdays. I am sure next Tuesday we will have the first batch of the three Cabinet Secretaries. On every Thursdays, hon. Members whose questions will be coming up will be informed. By the end of the day, Parliament will have played its oversight role. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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