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    "content": "Hon. Members, let us leave that matter. I opened it for you to make proposals on the sitting hours. Unless you suggest that we curtail debate, which is not also fair to the nature of businesses that may be before the House--- If we say that every business must be transacted within a different time-frame, that may not do justices to the nature of business. Sometimes, you find that there are Members who have prepared to contribute to certain debates so much that it will be very unfair to curtail debate, unless we adopt what happens in other jurisdictions. I have seen a recommendation by a certain Member that certain debates be undertaken at the County Hall Chamber, but I have also heard counter-arguments that Members want to debate where they think is their Chamber. It is trying to borrow a leaf from a practice obtained in the House of Commons that some certain business can be undertaken at a different chamber - the Commonwealth Hall - and then brought to the House for adoption. There are all manner of suggestions and I would encourage us to think outside the box. Let us not beholden that by 6.30 p.m. the House rises and people start making calls and booking tables in certain places to relax. If the majority of the membership of this House can agree that we can sit beyond 6.30 p.m., then that will be another way to address it. Looking at the requirement of the House in the new Constitution, my feeling is that we may have to think of extending the hours of sitting even if it ends up being three sittings. Let us not debate that because it is not the business. The rules we have to administer are your own. So, I wanted you to make a decision one way or another in the Next Order. Let the proposals come just as we have heard from Hon. Dalmas Otieno and I am sure we will have proposals from other Members. You must make the decision on the next one before we move on. Next Order! 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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