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    "id": 862478,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862478/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, my quick reaction and response to Hon. Wamalwa’s point of order is that the Mover of the Bill can at any time seek the indulgence of the House to withdraw his Bill. I do not think there is anything out of order in the Leader of the Majority Party making this request. As a Member of the HBC which deals with prioritising debate in the House, we discussed this matter last evening. Realising the magnitude and importance of the Bill before us, we made a decision that in the event we would realise that we are not able to get the threshold required to take a vote, we would ask the Mover of the Bill to withdraw it because of the following: First, it should be understood that if we take a vote, the timeframe that the Speaker has to allow for a repeat vote within five days would not be actualised. If the Bill is defeated by the mere fact that we cannot raise the threshold, the Bill dies and that would take us another period of time. But in the event the Bill is withdrawn, it is possible that we can reintroduce it at the level we left it. That just makes a lot of sense. If we were 233 Members in the House, we would have gone ahead to take a vote. If we failed to get the 233 Members voting for it, we would later have requested you to allow us a retake."
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