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    "id": 570542,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "What I would also want to say is that we need to provide linkage with the laws that we have passed in this House that enable young people and women to undertake business. I do not see any cross-references to that; also there is our strengthening of that legal framework for women and young people doing business, so that the 30 per cent will be actualized. One of the things I have said before is that I do not know how we will be dealing with issues in this House. The way the House procedure has run in the past and is meant to run is that at the Second Reading, we were supposed to give our views as Members and the Committee is then meant to take that into account when they are giving their reports and amendments. However, what I have seen of late is that Committees bring their reports and amendments during the Second Reading. That means that those of us who have amendments are forced to do them on their own. On some of these Bills I would personally not want to bring an amendment but I would like to give suggestions on amendments. I have raised this before, and I am hoping as one of the Speaker’s Panel you could look into it, so that we do not have a situation where when amendments are being introduced, several Members bring their amendments. Sometimes we are not interested in bringing personal amendments. I would rather the Committee introduces all the amendments."
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