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    "id": 863942,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Committee is, for whatever reason, unable to discharge the business of that Petition within 60 days. As you are aware, genuine circumstances may sometimes prevent a Committee from prosecuting a Petition in 60 days. Therefore, my opinion is that when a Committee is faced with such circumstances, it should respect the procedures of this House by approaching the Speaker to seek for extension, as suggested by Sen. Wetangula, which would not be from the letter of the Standing Orders. May be, Standing Order No. 1 would apply and the Speaker would weigh the circumstances and perhaps exercise discretion of extension. Therefore, Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, if there are issues that have affected your Petition and you have not finished in the 60 days, you can still seek that extension from the Speaker and not just about this Petition but any other Petition. This applies to all the Chairpersons of Committees. The issue of sub-judice has been raised by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito; that if, for example, a Committee while processing a Petition, encounters existence of court cases and requires guidance, the approach is, again, we have the Clerk‟s office and the Legal Department which would really support it even before the matter comes to the Floor of the House. If, for instance, you still feel the Speaker should give guidance and ruling, there is a way of doing it and that way is not what you have done today. Finally, we are doing very badly as a House on Petitions. The business of prosecuting and completing the matter of Petitions is not the business of the Speaker but that of the Committees. Therefore, I want to urge Committee Chairs to stop making us look bad. That should cease and in this particular matter now that we are on it by default; it has been raised by Sen. Cherargei on the basis of Standing Order No. 1, I direct that the report on this Petition be tabled on the first day of the next session without fail. I will follow through to ensure that, that work is done on the first day of resumption of the session, the report must be in."
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