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    "id": 784537,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this is one of those Standing Orders that are rarely used. I am at a loss on the wordings of this and what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. This is because, looking at the Standing Order No.140, it says that either before commencement of business or on the order of the day for any stage of the Bill being read, the Member in charge of a Bill may without notice claim to withdraw a Bill. Two, if the Speaker is of the opinion that the claim is not an abuse of the proceedings of the House, the Speaker shall direct that the Bill be withdrawn. Hon. Duale wrote to you outside this plenary. My understanding of this provision is that you should have sought permission within the House. He should have stood to ask for permission. However, it is like we are the ones who prompted him and yet he is claiming to have requested for the withdrawal of the Bill. That is what is worrying me. How did the Clerk make a decision before the request to withdraw the Bill? It should have first appeared on the Order Paper first and then Hon. Duale should have come here to request or use this Standing Order to ask for a withdrawal of the said Bill. I wonder why we take decisions outside the House without following the provisions of the Standing Order properly. Remember I said this particular Standing Order is rarely used. I have been a very faithful Member of this House and I am sure this is a Standing Order that is rarely used."
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