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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I think the point made by the Majority Whip is relevant. Any Member with desired amendments and proposals to the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill should, indeed, present them for the simple reason as explained. That the Bill after consideration by this House will go to the Senate which is at liberty to do whatever they may wish to do and bring it back. Should there be a disagreement, hopefully there should not be any then, of course, we are likely to invoke Articles 112 and 113 of the Constitution which could easily eat into the time available to conclude the two Bills. It is only fair that everyone takes their work as seriously as hon. Eng. Gumbo, who has already proposed over 50 amendments. It is fair that you sit with the Committee so that you can go through and consider them. That way, when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, you minimize debate. Not many of you remember what happens in the Committee of the whole House because I noticed that usually they are very few. That is the most crucial stage of a Bill. That is when you make the law so that when you go out to the constituencies you can say you made this-and-that law. I know that everyone goes out there to claim that they made a particular law even when they did not participate in that crucial stage. These are very important Bills. They are important to the people you represent."
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