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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second the Motion as moved by hon. Kajwang’. This request is really timely and, as a House, we need to rise to the occasion, seize it and look at some of the deficiencies in our Standing Orders. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, being privileged to have sat in the last Parliament, I think that some of the carry forwards of our Standing Orders from the last Parliament are not helpful. I have in mind an example of Standing Order No. 33, which is on the Motion for Adjournment. This Standing Order has made adjournment Motions mere rituals, because we come here, debate and no action is taken. The reason is because in the last Parliament, that is the Tenth Parliament, Ministers used to sit in the House and they would be the last people to speak on Motions for Adjournment. I remember, for instance, in the last Session, there were over ten Motions for Adjournment on security."
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