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    "id": 617537,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/617537/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdirahman",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also support this Motion. At the start of this Session, I agree with it for the simple reason that a number of these Members, if not all, have had expertise over time. I have looked at the performance and I wonder why I should not be there myself. For the fourth year running, my counterpart on the other side has been a Member and I have never complained a single day. As long as we are colleagues who are delivering, then we should appreciate and allow others to proceed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the leadership of this Committee should create quick understanding and dialogue so that we can move business faster. If we look at Standing Order No. 176 (5) (b) and (c) on monitoring and overseeing implementation of the Senate Business and on implementing the Standing Orders, respecting the scheduling or programming of the Senate and functioning of its Committee, I have a serious issue with how business by the Committees are conducted. I have consistently raised this when we meet in the leadership retreats. Do we really require 15 to 20 committees in a House that constitutes 67 Members? A number of the Members have opposed this. We must reduce this because what we need is effective committees. We would rather merge committees and perform better than having a large number. Finally, the Rules and Business Committee should prioritize the legislative agenda that will build on the visibility of the Senate. We have always complained that we are not visible out there. So, the Committee should help us prioritize issues that will put us much more in the public view and in a better way than what we have done in the past. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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