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    "id": 879617,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ayub Angatia",
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to also contribute to the Motion on the resolution to publish specified individual Members’ Bills. I beg to support this Motion because it will give new impetus to the House in terms of processing Private Members’ Bills. You recognise that we have three arms of government: the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. All the activities that have been happening in Parliament here, the individuals who have been elected as Members of Parliament have not been doing their work effectively because of so many hurdles that are put in place through these legislative procedures where Private Members’ Bills are not given priority in terms of processing. I thank the HBC for having taken this good initiative to give us some teeth. When legislating on Private Members’ Bill, we put in some work. We have been elected to carry out the function of legislation and not to support the Executive blindly. The Executive has been lording it over us. The priority has been that when it is a money Bill originating from the Executive it is given priority. When it is a Private Member’s Bill, so long as it is a money Bill, it faces so many hurdles. I remember in the 11th Parliament, I proposed a Bill on how to amend the country’s Constitution. I went through a very lengthy and tiresome process through the Budget and Appropriations Committee because it was a money Bill. At the end of the process, the proposed Bill died before we could conclude the process because it came at the end when Parliament was collapsing. This move should be supported by all Members en masse so that we can have powers on how to process our own individual Bills. You bring here a Bill on issues that concern your electorate in the village but when the Government brings a similar Bill it is given priority. Then why are we here? Are we representing the Government or are we just rubberstamping the work of the Executive? We must show that we are working for the people who elected us. To work for them, we must speed up the process of legislating Private Members’ Bills. That is our priority. How can we check on the Government when we give priority to Executive-sponsored Bills? You are told this is a money Bill and the Government does not have money or it has to wait. These are the hurdles that have been put in place to frustrate this House. We are an independent institution. This is a very good move that has been made by the HBC to give us more teeth to legislate for the mwananchi . I beg to support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you."
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