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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578119/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 120, this House resolves to reduce the Publication Period of the following Bills from 14 to 8 days:- (i) The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2015); (ii) The Community Land Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 45 of 2015); (iii) The Physical Planning Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 46 of 2015); (iv) The High Court Organization and Administration Bill (National Assembly Bill No.47 of 2015); (v) The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 48 of 2015); (vi) The Forest Conservation and Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 49 of 2015); (vii) The Small Claims Court Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 51 of 2015); and, (viii) The Court of Appeal (Organization and Administration) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 52 of 2015). Those are among the Bills that have the constitutional deadline of August 27th, which is just a few days away. All indications are that we are not going to beat that deadline. Without anticipating debate in Order No.18, it is crucial for Parliament to fast-track those Bills. The purported Leader of the Minority Party is distracting me. He is saying that we are going to extend. This is a different Motion. This Motion is only allowing the House the opportunity to make sure that those Bills mature when we are on recess. We are going for a long recess of one month. It is my opinion and the opinion of the House Business Committee (HBC), that we reduce the publication period and then if the House agrees with me, we can do the First Reading. From tomorrow, the various Committees can start the public participation and engage the stakeholders, so that when we come back at the end of September, the Committees of the House will have the opportunity to table their reports and then we do the Second Reading. That is what I am asking for. I am not asking for an extension of time on constitutional Bills. The extension of time on the constitutional Bills is a function of the Legislature. It is not a function of the Executive or the Judiciary. The repercussions are very clear but we will come to it. This is just to make Parliament, more so the National Assembly, very efficient. If, for example, the Bill concerns the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, they can engage stakeholders in public participation and their concerns tomorrow morning. With those many remarks, if Hon. Abbass and Hon. Rachel Nyamai allow me, I will ask the Chief Whip of the Majority Party to second. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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