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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me also add my two cents to the issues canvassed by the Leader of the Majority Party. The main points I wanted to raise are only three. The first one is the one which he has articulated correctly. I find it to be duplication of duties and misuse of public funds that once a Bill leaves either House there needs to be another public hearing. Once it is advertised, who would be coming to give a differing opinion? Suppose the second public hearing negated the views passed by this House, would it not therefore mean that it is somebody outside the Chambers of elected Members disallowing the views of Members and of other members of the public who originally presented their views in the public hearing? So, I want to agree with the Leader of the Majority Party. We have appealed to you away from this Chamber, in the House Business Committee (HBC), to seek a session with your colleague in the Senate or we do a meeting like the one we did in Mombasa to have both the House Business Committee and Privileges Committee of the Senate meet so that we can figure out how we do this cross- mobility of Bills. It seems to me that some people may just be trying to create work for themselves. It is not a good way to use public funds. Secondly, I also want to agree that the substance of the Bill cannot be in question once it leaves either House. My understanding of the issue of money Bills is very different from the way the Leader of the Majority Party understands it. I understand money Bills to be those ones of budget. However, there is no legislation in either House that does not have financial implications unless they just want to pass sessional papers and bring them here for us to consider. That is an issue that is also contradicting and we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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