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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, indeed, the Chair does not deny the fact that there is some confusion. The confusion, in my opinion, has been caused by the House Business Committee because when you give direction on one and then you change the direction - and these days our Parliament is an e-Parliament - we end up with two Order Papers here. And then, regarding the business on the Order Paper that essentially was the latter one that was supposed to form the substantive Business of the day, the Assistant Minister for Finance said he is not in a position to move and this House wants to transact Business. Whereas I do understand, in all fairness, it is always good when a Ministry or the Government itself is being indicted, that it has ample time to prepare itself. That is why the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 were put in our rules book here. The Chair had, on occasion in the past, to rule on the same – a case in which the Leader of Government Business who is none other than the Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs, who sits on the House Business Committee, ended up with a Motion that essentially was indicting hon. Kimunya. When the Motion came up for deliberation, the same Vice-President and the Government side said: “Now, we want it to be postponed.” It is under those circumstances that I had put a precedent then; that if you want it to be postponed, use the provisions of Standing Order No. 25. Standing Order No. 25 essentially says that, let the Mover move, let the Question be proposed and then the Minister or the Government side for that matter can stand up and seek for the adjournment of the Motion. And the Question will be put. That is why the Chair has to take certain hard decisions. It is under those circumstances that the Chair has directed that we proceed on with this Business!"
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