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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Onyonka, if you could allow me, I am not at a Kisii Town rally. The Speaker, in his own words, ruled that the Motion could not be amended. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you need to use Standing Order No.1 to order a closure of this debate. If the mother Motion was not subject to amendment, can the product of that Motion be amended? From there, we can move on. Secondly, we asked for an amendment from Hon. Olago Aluoch. We are leaders who represent the people, and we are supposed to legislate. I agree with the concerns of hon. Members, some of whom are products of party-hopping. Before, this House moves on, you must rule even if it means adjourning the House. If the Speaker did not allow the mother Motion that established the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee to be amended, how do we amend its family and product? The Speaker must rule on that because this is a House of procedure. Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Jakoyo, you should listen. Thirdly, the Question on the Motion for adoption of this Report will eventually be put and the vote will go either way. I want it to go on the HANSARD that the procedure through which amendments are being floated left, right and centre this afternoon is not proper. It is not in tandem with the Standing Orders. I have to go on record on that bit because we have turned the House into a market place where everybody can propose amendments. If there are amendments, they must be filed. The Speaker must approve them so that each Member seated here can be given copies to digest the substance of each amendment. If the mother Motion that established the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee could not be amended following the Speaker’s directive, how come its product is being amended? You must tell us that before we move on. I beg to rest my case."
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