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    "id": 675970,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I heard the Statement from the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party on the business before the House. I heard the concern which was raised about my Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the issue of the Miscellaneous Levies Bill and the Banking (Amendment) Bill. I believe the clerks of the House Business Committee (HBC) should be able to verify facts before a Statement is made. I tabled the Report on the Banking (Amendment) Bill on 24th April 2016. I also tabled the Report on the Miscellaneous Levies Bill on 17th November 2015. If we do not have amendments, then we do not have amendments. You cannot say we have delayed because we have not forwarded the amendments. We did not have amendments on the Bills. I also want to request that there should be close working relationships between the HBC and the Chairpersons of Committees. We have seen Bills being put on the Order Paper without informing the Chairpersons of Committees. It takes courtesy to inform the respective Chairs of Committees when there is an agenda touching on their Committee. We need to improve the relationship between the HBC and Committees. We have raised this matter several times before the Liaison Committee which comprises of Chairs. The HBC is another group of Members. We will have to synergise so that when you put the business touching on my Committee, there 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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