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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill has been properly moved and seconded. It has very brilliant and innovative proposals. I wish to seek your kind direction on two aspects of the Bill which I think are very fundamental before the House debates it. One, this Bill is grounded on the Report of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament, which came up for adoption last week. During the period for adoption, the House debated an amendment that I sponsored and passed it overwhelmingly. The understanding was that the Bill that was going to come before the House would be based on that Report. There are two issues that I would wish to seek your direction on. One, in a ruling on an objection raised by the Leader of the Majority Party after the amendment was carried, on whether or not that Report could be amended further, the Deputy Speaker said that it would not be amended unless such amendment was approved in writing personally by the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party. The impression that was created, which I want you to let the House know if you agree with my interpretation, is that that order of the Deputy Speaker only related to the Report and not to the Bills arising from that Report. If you agree with me on that, then the House should be told clearly that this Bill can be amended on the Floor as provided by the Standing Orders. Two, I have looked at the Bill carefully and considering that the House overwhelmingly amended the Report deleting the offensive provision that ordinarily would bar party-hopping, as it is called, I want to ask for your direction if it is in order for this Bill to carry proposals that contradict that amendment. I say so because having gone through this Bill, I notice that a thorough and clear reading of Clauses 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 makes it very clear that a member who is dissatisfied with the process of nomination of a party or who wishes to stand as an independent 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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