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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, my point of order is to seek your guidance and direction because I have perused the Order Paper. I notice that there is no indication of any Motion for the Adjournment of the House. I am saying this because Members are alive to the mood in the country where the country has been fed with a lie that hon. Members do not want to go home because they would like their salaries to be increased. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like you to give guidance because, two weeks ago, this House adopted the Akiwumi Report that recommended taxation measures on salaries and remuneration of Members of Parliament. Furthermore, this House, as a consequence of that adoption, found that it was necessary for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to move a Bill in this House on the National Assembly Remuneration Act. The Minister, instead, chose to go outside this House and tell the House that he was not going to do this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like you to guide us on two things; one, what are the Constitutional implications of the Executive or its representative defying a resolution of this National Assembly? What would this House wish to do, given that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has not been denied an opportunity in this House to state his case and what his thinking is on this very important matter? Finally, the Ministry of Finance knows very well that the Finance Bill usually comes here for debate towards the end of October. Why did the same Minister leave the public with the impression that we intend to shoot down the Finance Bill when, in fact, we do not expect that Bill to be business before this House any time soon? Thank you."
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