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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a subject that is personal to me. I am unable to give much information, except to follow-up what hon. Jakoyo Midiwo has said. The information that is before us this morning is that the Mover Member was requested to appear before the Assembly this morning to pronounce himself on the matter. Secondly, I have had the advantage of speaking to the hon. Member, who pledged to be in this House to make the pronouncement. The problem is that it is within every Member’s right to attend a National Assembly Sitting or not to. Whatever motivated him not to attend is up to him. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to refer you to Standing Order No.58, which says that after a Question of a Motion has been proposed, the Motion shall be deemed to be in the possession of the House, and that such Motion shall not be withdrawn without leave of the House. This, therefore, tells me that the Motion is the property of the House. It is the plenary of this House which can make a decision by a resolution which way a Motion is to be treated, except that it cannot be withdrawn without leave of the House. Once properly put before the House, a Motion becomes something we can pronounce ourselves on. It does not become an issue of the Mover himself deciding how the Motion goes. This is different from a Private Member’s Bill. A Private Member’s Bill is usually sponsored by a Member, and it would require his consent to withdraw it or do otherwise. A Motion that has been moved and seconded becomes a property of the House and cannot be withdrawn without the leave of the House. Therefore, arising from hon. Midiwo’s request that you invoke Standing Order No.1, I heard the Member to be asking that this Motion be deferred. We are asking the plenary of this House to decide that this matter be deferred until such a time that there is enough consultations on the subject. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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