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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.117 is very clear. I suppose Hon. Kaluma is not addressing a Bill which has already been drafted, but a legislative proposal. That is why it goes for prepublication scrutiny. It is just last month when the House Business Committee (HBC) took the decision to bring a Motion, which was passed by this House to do away with pre-publication scrutiny of various legislative proposals that Members were complaining were all stuck in the various committees. We felt that the committees were to take note of that drastic action taken by the House so that when proposals are submitted to a committee, it is acted upon within the timelines provided in Standing Order No.117. The issue about money Bill is covered in sub-Section 3. Where public money will be involved, the relevant departmental committee should refer the Bill to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which will have an opportunity to interact with the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury. The committee does not need to spend a lot of time. If the Bill has covered all the other aspects, the Committee should not spend too much time trying to interrogate it and calling witnesses. There is no point of witnesses because they are not there. You call the Member who is proposing to come and explain to you what it is in his or her mind, and whether public resources will have to be spent upon enactment of the proposal."
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