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    "id": 991431,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/991431/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this is a matter we have dealt with before. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that various committees will be dealing with the Budget Estimates for Financial Year 2020/2021, the House Business Committee (HBC) that you chair, agreed that during the recess, in the event that we receive a Message from the Senate on their Bills, a Message from the President on appointments to any constitutional body, Messages from the Senate regarding our Bills, like the Sectional Properties Bill, the Speaker can forward them to the relevant committees. In the event that we have a number of Bills from our legal drafters that have been published and are ready for First Reading, if such Motions are approved, the Speaker will have powers to forward Messages from the Senate regarding their Bills and our Bills – Bills that have been published and have matured - to the relevant committees for consideration. On Bills, they will be read a First Time once we come back from the recess before they move to the Second Reading Stage. Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion seeks to ensure that Members are not recalled from recess for any of the above-mentioned reasons and cases. This is to also ensure that our rules and procedures are followed and no impediment is made to the mandate of this House when it comes to the law-making process."
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