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    "id": 621821,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that fairness. Standing Order No.45(2)(a) that the distinguished Senator for Kisumu County made the statement under does not exclude other Senators with interest in the matter from making comments. Secondly, Standing Order No. 45(4) limits the Senator making the statement to ten minutes. It does not say that the matter of that statement must be concluded in the ten minutes. The ten minutes is limited to the Senator making the statement. Other Senators can make statements on that statement within the discretion of the Chair. But more important, a precedent has been set by the Chair. Everytime statements are made or sought you allow other Senators to complement them. Equally important, as my distinguished senior in law you know the maxim “expressio unius est exclusio alterius.” The reason we have Standing Order No.46 within the context of that maxim is that it is about a statement of a personal nature. The House rules do not allow Members to debate a statement of a personal nature made by a colleague. For example, if one was assaulted or something happened, we leave it there. However, this is a statement of general topical concern. I want to implore you to interpret the Standing Orders liberally as the Constitution requires, and allow those of us who have tremendous interest in this matter. In the difficult days of Uganda, my county housed more than 50,000 refugees from Uganda. We have a very keen interest to know what is happening in Uganda, so that we do not fall back to those dirty old days. Kindly, allow me a few minutes to say something."
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