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    "id": 715975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "January 5, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 9 Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, notwithstanding that my colleagues have also ventilated on this issue and especially given the procedure on Bills, it is also important to note and remember that the sole purpose why exceptionally we agreed to commit this Bill to the Committee was to allow for public participation. It is also noteworthy and important to say that the public participation process and the views given by members of the public to the committee do not necessarily mean that the committee will think or make decisions on behalf of the Members. It is also factual that all the views that have been given by members of the public have been done so publicly on public television channels and other radio channels. It will also not be solely honest if Members of this House say – with the importance we have said and indeed it is true that this Bill is very important – that they already do not have our views on it. Every Member sitting here now is adequately informed and has been following keenly what has been happening and all the views given. Most of the Members here already have their views. Irrespective of whatever the Committee may say in their report, they cannot and do not have the mandate to think or decide on behalf of any of these Members. So, the debate that will continue will barely, in all honesty, change the views of Members of this House. The Bill can proceed after this as any ordinarily Bill and we can make amendments at the Committee Stage."
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