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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As we debate these Procedural Motions, permit me to welcome all our colleagues back to Parliament. In all likelihood, this Parliament is going to be dissolved by May, latest June next year. This is something that we have to be very alert to when we consider all the Motions herein. Essentially, we have one year to serve this nation. The burden of this Parliament in terms of useful legislation to the community, the Motions and the Bills that we need to pass is very heavy. The one year that we have is not going to be very peaceful. We all know that campaigns have begun in our constituencies although they are intense at the level of the members of county assembly (MCAs) and governors, for reasons not best known to me. It is one year that is not going to be very peaceful. This is why I rise to support all these Procedural Motions particularly on the usage of the word “a maximum of”. This recognises that we can reduce the time even to one minute instead of going for one, two or three hours. I wanted to urge my colleagues in Parliament to take into account deeply the need for us to achieve the mandate we have as the 11th Parliament. In so doing, I would like to make two suggestions. I visited Philippines last year and I visited their Parliament. I really liked the habit or the practice that I saw there. The practice is that when there is a Motion coming to the Floor of the House, there is a desk within Parliament where people who want to oppose the Motion upon its 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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