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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. This is very unique. We have never done this. Why are we doing this? We are doing this because of COVID-19. The reason I really want to thank members of the Procedure and House Rules Committee is that we do not want to work haphazardly. You have seen our colleagues voting through proxies despite Article 123 of the Constitution, which is unconstitutional. So, the Procedure and House Rules Committee decided to bring to this House proposals on the use of technology on matters quorum, voting, orderly conduct, among other provisions, across all committees, so that the Departmental Committee on Health cannot do one thing while the Departmental Committee on Energy does its own. We want to have uniformity. As Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ has said, being the ‘first world’ country in Africa, we have been one of the few Parliaments, and more so the National Assembly, which have been offering benchmarking opportunities. I am sure many parliaments will come and learn from us, because The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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