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    "id": 1001621,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1001621/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on your Communication. I want to thank you for the few rulings you have made in this august House in the last two weeks. You have made a milestone and put a mark that Parliament is independent to make rulings that can make precedence and be referred to in future. Last week, you made an important ruling that was appreciated by Members. The leadership of the political parties had an idea of de-whipping Members from committees for gross misconduct. I do not know how big or small misconduct is. You made a serious ruling that Members have rights to be members of committees because they were elected by their people to legislate, oversee and legislate. Denying Members an opportunity to serve in committees would be unfair to the electorate and I thank you for that ruling. Today, you have made a ruling that the rule of law has to be followed. You have emphasized the need to follow the Constitution, Standing Orders, precedent rulings and court rulings. The leadership of the political parties should not just, out of arrogance, de-whip Members for flimsy reasons. The Members end up suffering while they swim in the glory of de-whipping them. These parties do not get numbers in Parliament through their names, but we are the ones who sell these parties in our constituencies. The parties’ names are engraved in the constituencies through us. 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."
}