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    "id": 723501,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues of concern that I had were dispensed by you through Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s intervention. There was no clarity as to whether there could be amendments to the Bill or not because Sen. Orengo on that particular day said that we could amend whereas Sen. Wako said that we could not amend anything. However, you have ruled on the matter. It is not true to say what Sen. Sijeny is saying that you can cure anything that is before Parliament through an informal process as the way forward. It is either you come here and vote “yes” or “no”. The cure would have been found at that point when certain input was being made and certain issues were said. I literally spoke to everybody who voted against this Bill and the whole idea was not the question of gender parity in Parliament but those concerns. Most of those who voted against it told me that they did it as a political consequence or discourse knowing very well that some of the issues we had raised even informally were not taken into consideration. Most likely, the House is going to pass this Bill but I think in future as you amend the Standing Orders, we must allow some ventilation of constitutional Bills at whatever stage. They need to be cured so as to give us a perfect Constitution."
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