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    "id": 581066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a Member of that Committee. I want to echo the sentiments of Hon. Sakaja. Indeed, as Members from the National Assembly guided by your earlier ruling, ours was to carry with us the position of this House, which we did. That is the fact that this House had dispensed with the two Bills, and that the Memoranda from the President came and was passed in this House. This Committee was coming in to do something which was not clear at all. So, we were in a very difficult position. We explained this time and again. We brought to the attention of that Committee your guidance and rulings, that the work of the Committee was not going to bear any meaningful fruit. As the Leader of the Majority Party said, those were constitutional Bills bound by timelines; we needed to pass them by 27th May 2015, which is gone. Even as we concluded our meetings, our position, as representatives of the National Assembly, was clear that we did not see how an outcome, or a report, of that Committee was going to negate or change a decision that had already been taken by this House. So, your guidance will be very important. You should guide us now that, as Members representing this House in that Committee, we have communicated our disagreement as a Committee. We did not agree on any conclusion to the mediation process. I thank Hon. Sakaja who was the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee for bringing up the issue. We want to hear your direction. This matter should be dispensed with once and for all. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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