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    "id": 862471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " In making this request, after consulting the House leadership, and more so the Whips, I am conscious of the fact that should we proceed to attempt to take the vote, we will not have the numbers. Upon counting the Members present, if it is discovered that we are less than the requisite threshold of 233 Members as required under Article 256(d) of the Constitution, we will risk losing the Bill. It will, therefore, imply that the Bill has to be republished in the next Session, then wait for 14 days plus 90 days maturity period and fresh public participation. That process will mean that we will consider this Bill earliest in June 2019. There is nothing out of order. However, if we take the option of deferring it today, we will save it and remain with the voting in the Second Reading, Committee of the whole House and the Third Reading. Those three steps can be entered in February next year having saved the Bill by way of deferment. The claim that if we do not conclude this Bill today it will lapse does not hold any water. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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