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    "id": 1013169,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, there is nothing to comment. I wish to just make a comment. The Chair of the Committee on Implementation, Hon. Moitalel ole Kenta, has been to see me with this Order Paper and the Motion whose notice he gave on 19th February this year. The two are substantially different. The notice he gave to the House is not the Motion as drafted today. There is a mistake. I have acceded to his request, but I told him he has to come and state it here because all this is being done in the open. Hon. ole Kenta, this Motion talks about noting. The Motion whose notice he gave is not about noting. That is quite a significant change and I think it is only fair that the Motion from his Committee be as the Committee recommended, so that then the House can be seized of a proper Motion. It is for that reason that I have agreed with Hon. ole Kenta that this Motion be taken out of the Order Paper today so that it can be reinstated in the format that his Committee recommended. Much more importantly, Hon. Members, the subject matter of this Motion has been litigated upon in the High Court Petition No. 367 of 2019 filed in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division. A judgement was issued on 14th November 2019. Therefore, the Committee and the House needs to look at what the court said so that you do not act in vain. The court has expressed itself in certain ways. The judgment is available and I have a copy. So, it is fair that as you debate this Motion you are also given the copy of the judgment from the High Court. It seems to me that the matter has already left the purview of Parliament. The matter squarely lies in the Executive. So, the Executive can actually look at the judgment and proceed to act as appropriate. But that is not for me to say. As you know I have no vote."
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