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    "speaker_name": "The Temporary Deputy Chairlady",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu): Thank you for your concern, Hon. Millie Odhiambo. Hon. Members, I have the official Communication of the substantive Speaker of the National Assembly. This was after consultation with the Leader of the Majority Party, as Hon. Millie Odhiambo proposed. A copy should be given to the Leader of the Minority Party. Members, allow me to read a section of the Communication from the Speaker this afternoon. It was before we started the Committee of the whole House. “Honourable Members, having considered the request from the Leader of the Majority Party, I have consented to the total withdrawal of the amendments to the first three statutes, that is, the Radiation Protection Act (Cap. 243), the Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act (Cap. 254) and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act No. 4 of 1994. I, therefore, direct that, when the House resolves to Committee of the Whole, the Committee will proceed as though the amendments proposed to the three statutes were not part of the Bill. As for the request relating to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 244), I am constrained by our parliamentary practice, which requires that withdrawal of proposed amendments to a specific statute in an omnibus Bill ought to affect the entire statute as contained in the Bill, as opposed to part of it. In this regard, I am, therefore, not able to allow the part withdrawal of the proposed amendment to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 244), as requested. Indeed, doing so would be unconventional and would convolute the procedure in the Committee of the whole House.” Hon. Millie Odhiambo and the Leader of the Minority Party you are both on point, but that was the Communication from the substantive Speaker before we started this."
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