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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. John Mbadi, you have rightly said that this is one of those Standing Orders, according to you, that are rarely used. When any of you, and you have severally written to me… Even when you stand here and say that you are going to provide this-and-that, you normally go and write to me. In return, I still use the Standing Orders to give you whatever it is that you request. You are the leader! If you write and you are the owner… In fact, the Standing Orders do not even talk of the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party or the House. Rather, it talks of the owner of the Bill who may write, at any stage, to the Speaker and if he is satisfied that the request is not an abuse of the process, he will grant leave. So, it did not need to come to the House. It is not the House to give permission or grant leave. It talks of “the Speaker may allow.” Indeed, I exercised that discretion. There is nothing out of order. The problem is that some of you think that every opportunity is for debate. We are not yet out there. You know I always see you from my window. When you are here, it is not the same as when you are addressing the media. Here, we only follow the Standing Orders. There are many Bills in your names and it is good for all of you to know that you are at liberty, at whatever stage, to write to the Speaker and request leave to withdraw. There is no Question put. It is not even a matter for debate in the House. Once it has The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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