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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank my colleague Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo for choosing me to second his Motion. It is true that the Standing Orders would have expected Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo to have brought his Procedural Motion before we began the Bill appearing as Order No.11. However, allow me to remind the House that we had the Order Paper when we came this morning in which we had the item listed as Order No.10. Most of us did not know that Order No.10 will “collapse” because the Chairperson of the Committee had urged us to skip it because of the amendments that he is proposing. It is because of that that Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo was not prepared and could not have been expected to prepare a Procedural Motion to bring it before the moving of The Companies Bill. That is why we urge and request you to apply your discretion over this matter so that, notwithstanding the fact that we raised it after the Motion has been seconded, we still be allowed to prosecute it. This is the business of the House. This is the reason the National Assembly is the National Assembly. We may spend a lot of time on Motions, Statements and so on, which are also important according to the functions of an hon. Member of this House, but legislative function is core. That is why we come to this House. When Members have utilized all their time and burnt the midnight oil to make sure that we have come up with something like this, it is only necessary that we are able to spare time and put our anxious moments to understand what it is that it calls for us. As has been said, not all of us may be able to stand on their feet for 45 minutes, but there are some of us who have spent sleepless nights to do research that can help not only the House but also the listening fraternity so that we are able to break down what we have before us so that we then can come up with a Bill that is understandable to Kenyans and is useful to them. It is because of this that I urge Members change the debating time that we have for this Bill. Let us debate it anxiously and let us be able to have something that we will be vindicated in the HANSARD as work that is commensurate to our standing as Members of the National Assembly. I, therefore, second. Thank you."
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