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    "id": 718109,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Procedural Motion on Limitation of Debate on individual Members’ Bills. It is also important that I make observations. Bills are very important to this House. Most of the debate focuses more on Bills - both by the Government through the Leader of the Majority Party or Individual Members’ Bills. I have observed that some of us who fall under the category of any other Member were only allocated 10 minutes. At times, in Bills where we have interest and have taken time to do a bit of research, we are limited by these 10 minutes. You realise that to some extent, this discourages serious research on some of these Bills. I plead with the House and more so with you, Hon. Speaker, being the presiding officer, that at times you could also use your discretion to give extra time to some Members who request for additional time so that they contribute more and use more than the allocated 10 minutes. This will help us do more research and add a bit of quality to the debate. With those remarks, I support the Procedural Motion."
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