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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to extend a word of welcome to everybody to this part of the New Year. With respect to this Procedural Motion we are discussing, and I have been waiting for a while to make some comments, it might cut across a little bit. It is important that the leadership of the House to be always conscious that we are now a House of 290 plus Hon. Members. We are actually 349 Hon. Members. It is extremely frustrating for many of us that within this time limitation, it is very difficult to get a chance to contribute. As much as we agree on these parameters for the length of the debate and individual contributions, I would like to make a plea to the HBC leadership to think seriously about what I feel strongly is pent up anger that builds on and on. It is going to get worse this year. This is because time is very limited and people will not get a chance to contribute. There is no need to have some people speaking for 60 minutes while repeating themselves and looking for words to fill up. They make five sentences instead of one, and yet there are many people in the House who would like to contribute. This is just an overall observation. Secondly, there have been many comments flying back and forth about the issue of membership staying or not staying in particular committees. This is relevant to what we are discussing. It takes courage not to make a change. It also takes courage to make a change. This House has certain goals to achieve. To miss an opportunity to make a change to help achieve those goals is a major weakness in my view. To make a change simply for the sake of expediency is also a major weakness. We should elevate our debates in discussing these issues to realise that now we have certain things that we must achieve for our people. Committees must stay unchanged, or exist as they are, if they are to meet those goals. They must also be changed to help meet those goals. It is at that level of discussion that we should elevate the debate in this House rather than simply deal with throwing salvo back and forth. With those few remarks, I support the Procedural Motion."
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