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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That is a very good ruling after what we deliberated last night in the House Business Committee (HBC). This Bill was read the First Time in April and we are yet to see a report. That is not the only Chair. The Standing Orders are very clear. Today, before the Liaison Committee, I have tabled 26 Bills in respect of which Committee Chairs have not brought reports to this House. They can go and check it. The Bills are both Government sponsored and private Members’ Bills. The Chair of the Liaison Committee, the Deputy Speaker, is my witness. It is a record. I do not know whether the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations is here. There is a Protocol from the Government that was brought in June 2018. The Government is asking me: “What happened to our protocol?” So, it is not only about the Chair of the NG-CDF Committee. I really want all Chairs who were not at the Liaison Committee meeting today to pass through my Office or the Table Office and check the Bills. There are too many formations. I want them to do their formation business on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. When there is a Bill here, Chairs must either be available or they delegate to their vice-chairs. We cannot run the House like this. Today, you will see in the Order Paper... I am sure the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker’s Panel will agree with me. You will call out an Order and you will find that the chair, the vice-chair and members of the committee are not here. It is very shameful for you to reach a stage where you have to re-direct a Bill to another committee. In fact, you have indicted that committee. If you have given their work to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, that is an indictment, and is a plus for the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I will consider him for the honours that we are going to give this year. That is because it looks like you have a reason why you have given that task to him. It cuts across the board. We want committee chairs to prioritise Private Members’ business and Government agenda so that the House can move. From 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m., we have business to transact. I think you will be very firm on that matter."
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