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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairperson, Sir, the National Assembly knows that this is a House that they can underestimate. What they think of you is the fact that they know that there is literally nothing you can do. They bring you laws to remove yourselves from constitutionally enshrined roles. You passed a law here in 2015; the Security Laws (Amendment) Act which you refused to speak to was passed, removing the role of the Senate in the oversight of the NIS, and yet the Constitution says, Parliament. You have been removed from the roles of treaty ratification. They continue to do it. Every day, Senators come to this Senator to lament about how the National Assembly is underestimating them. Trust me, it is not that the National Assembly underestimates us on this side - I will be very audacious – the National Assembly knows on that aside there is literally nothing you can do to stop them. They know it. Phone calls will be made, influences will be there and all of you will come here to just vote. I can tell you, maybe some of you might not be coming to this Senate again, leave nothing but leave a legacy. As Sen. Wako said, everything else is okay but to sign your own death warrant, oh my God! There are things that we must go with a bit of decorum. You say, fine, let the amendments stay but your survival is key. Today I got a bit upset here almost saying that you are undermining this Senate by the day. All we come here is to talk about how the oversight fund has been taken, how comes it is not back."
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