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    "id": 853078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Tuwei",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kipkurui Tuwei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I thank the Leader of the Minority Party for acknowledging a clear fact that the Bill before us came earlier than the Government-sponsored one. First of all, may I take this opportunity to thank the Member for this Private Bill because we have always been encouraged by you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to bring Motions that can help us and also make laws in this country. Under Standing Order No. 141(2)(b), you know for sure that if we do not discuss and debate this Bill, at the end of this year – because this Bill dates back to 2017 – it will die. I thank the Mover of this Bill because he has given it life. I want the Leader of the Minority Party to listen to me also. We have been here and we have been receiving a lot of complaints that the Senate takes too long to pass Bills. I am very happy that this Bill is before us. Should the other one die like the other Bills, let this one be a saviour because from the way things are, if we do not, under Standing Order No. 141(2)(b), this Bill will not see the light of day. Leader of the Majority Party has made his position clear. May I say that there are issues that, according to this Bill, will be curing what the earlier Bill did not take into consideration. In the Committee of the whole House we shall actually try to improve this one in order to remove the iniquities that were there in the first Bill that, according to the Report we have received from the Leader of the Majority Party, the Council of Governors has also expressed its concerns that, that Bill is not taking into consideration their concerns and interests. I support this Bill to proceed. Thank you."
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