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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "That is an important point you have raised, Hon. Makali Mulu. Traditionally and the requirement of the law is that the National Treasury or any other Government Ministry purporting to have documents to be tabled here, must know that the House has 349 Members and must therefore bring not less than 349 copies of documents. Every Member is entitled to a copy. It is not the responsibility of Parliament to bring photocopied documents. It is the responsibility of the Executive if they want or desire this House to consider those proposals. Therefore, I direct that the Clerk of the National Assembly writes to the National Treasury, CS and PS requiring them to submit the copies to the House, I am informed they only brought one copy. That is playing games with Parliament. They ought not to have done that. The Clerk is directed to write to the CS to submit, not later than the end of the day tomorrow Friday, 13th April 2018, sufficient copies of the various documents in support of the Supplementary Budget Estimates II for the Financial Year 2017/2018. The period for consideration by committees will be accordingly adjusted. The committees cannot just sit and look at nothing. Indeed, the Executive as a whole is warned never to play those kinds of games. How can they provide one copy to a House that has 349 Members even if it is their desire that the Speaker should not have a copy? Ideally, they should provide us with not less than 350 copies."
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