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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "last week I gave a direction that any Member desiring to propose amendments to the Bill was at liberty to do that. Subsequent to that, many Members, in accordance to Standing Order No. 131, have appeared before the various committees. Standing Order No. 131 requires that if the amendments proposed are more than 10 then they must be harmonised. Several of you have appeared before the Committee to try and harmonise the various proposals for amendments. The Bill was debated. You concluded the Second Reading on Thursday 11th December, 2014. What remained was for Members to propose amendments. I did extend the time for proposing amendments to as late as last evening. Many Members brought their amendments and they were referred to various committees, so that they could be harmonized. That exercise was the result of what you see on the Order Paper. The so called reports are merely what is on the Order Paper. Those proposals, as a result, are just for harmonization exercise. It was not an opportunity to go and open debate. It was merely to harmonize. Are you proposing this or that? Can it be taken on board by this Committee, or do you still want to do it yourself? If you desire to proceed, you are allowed. That is why there are several Members whose names still appear proposing amendments. Therefore, there is absolutely nothing wrong. There is no Report for you to go and--- In fact the Chairmen are sending you to go and read. It is what is attached to the Order Paper that you are going to proceed with. It is not debate. Somebody is proposing an amendment. What are the reasons? Give them out, one or two, then vote on it and proceed. This attempt to try and derail this particular aspect of the sitting is obviously not going to be entertained. So, hon. (Prof.) Nyikal read through the proposed amendments. However, if you had any amendments to propose, you had the time between Thursday last week and last evening to appear before either the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, or the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, or any other Committee then propose the amendments. Nobody was denied the opportunity to do so."
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