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    "content": "Hon. Members, hon. Langat is not entirely without a point. If you look at the Order Paper, you are supposed to finish debate in the Second Reading of this Bill and proceed to the Committee of the whole House on the same Bill. There is a reason why that has to happen. Some of these Bills which have timelines, if you do not squeeze yourselves, you will find that you are the ones to be blamed as a House. Remember the business we have tomorrow: Address by the President. What does that entail? For another four sittings, that is what we shall be debating. So, if we do not complete this and do Committee of the whole House on the Public Audit Bill, which is also listed in the Order Paper--- Sometimes, even as you oppose, you must also be alive to what lies ahead. You are due to go on the short recess after 2nd of April, which is Thursday next week. So, all these things if we must--- It is fair for us to speak till dusk, but we must also see the business ahead of us. I am sure hon. Langat’s desire is not to curtail debate. He is just informed by what lies ahead. You failed to operate under Standing Order No. 97(3). That is when you should have limited the time within which every Member should contribute. Perhaps, we can appeal to the few of you who are going to get a chance to take the minimal time knowing, as hon. Langat has said, how this Bill has found its way here. Indeed, hon. Wanga was on the right footing to say that a lot of consensus has been built among the key players in this process: the National Treasury, your own Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. I am sure all of you are alive to all these facts. So, the idea is not to curtail debate but to appreciate what lies ahead and what is likely to happen in the event that we do not conclude this. It means you may have to go for the short recess before you have concluded some very key legislation which is time-bound. Very well. Hon. Wanga, I know we have eaten into your three minutes, but proceed."
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