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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "to have the Calendar of the Assembly stuck somewhere in his or her office so that as you program things, you know what to do. If you are talking of the 27th and the 29th, then that means this Bill will only be dealt with for Second Reading after the recess which will be sometime in May. We have a new Ministry of Petroleum and Mining which needs to use this law. I urge the Chair to at times have no need to travel. The stakeholders can present their memoranda to Parliament. The Standing Orders are very specific that from the day the Bill is read for the First Time, there is a period stipulated during which the report is supposed to be tabled. From the way we are moving now, we will have no business for the plenary. The Chairs must also give an opportunity to the Vice-Chairs. If the Chair and Vice-Chair are away, the Committee Members can elect one of their own to chair and table a report. As we move on, the Chair must be conscious of the Calendar of the House, the users of those Bills and the workload that the HBC can allocate. If we continue this way, then we might as well say that we have no business. The -Cybercrimes Bill is ready but the Chair is in Malaysia. The Irrigation Bill is ready but the Chair is away. You are the Chair for the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, unless you have forgotten. The Irrigation Bill is under the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. I have introduced about 10 Bills in this House and nothing has come back. I hope the Chair of Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing will table the report on the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Bill tomorrow so that we have some work to do tomorrow or on Tuesday next week. I hope the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is ready for us to deal with all the stages of the Division of Revenue Bill tomorrow afternoon. We must all of us together look at the Calendar of the House. We do not just say that we want to go to Lamu, Kitui or Garissa. There were even memoranda given by those people in the 11th Parliament. I am sure it is on HANSARD. It can be used."
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