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    "id": 853086,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/853086/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I rise to give my voice to this Bill. I have read this Bill and the earlier Bill that we passed two weeks ago. They both look the same. If we continue with this trend of duplicating Bills, competing with each and going to an extent of Hon. Members saying which Bill came first, which came later and who copied who, it will all be in futility. The fact is that there is a Bill similar to this one. It is already in the Senate. Let us wait for that Bill to pass or to be rejected before we start amending the same Bill. If this trend is allowed to continue, it means that tomorrow, I will table another Bill on People with Disabilities when the other one is ongoing and somebody else will do the same. We will have 10 Bills discussing the same thing. I have tried comparing both of them. Apart from some commas, full-stops and English grammar, they have the same message. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we expect your ruling to be that this Bill is similar to the earlier one. Let us wait for the other one to go through the Senate. If it fails, we can then start another process. But for now, we cannot use the time and resources of this House to duplicate…"
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