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    "id": 1052213,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1052213/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Before Hon. Baya leaves the Chamber, I think he owes the House an apology because a Member must be taken for his word. If Hon. Baya spoke at some point, the drama that we have seen between the Member and the Speaker should not be there at all. In terms of the tradition of this House, a Member never argues with the Speaker. The Speaker is ever right until you prove yourself otherwise. In fact, it is Hon. Baya’s responsibility to look for the Hansard and prove that he did not speak. That is the tradition of the Commonwealth jurisdiction everywhere, including in the United Kingdom. You do not speak to the Speaker when the Speaker has made a ruling even if he is wrong because Speakers are never wrong. Under this circumstance, I have seen that the Speaker has bent backwards and has accommodated Hon. Baya, but he owes this House and all of us, Hon. Members, an apology for the drama that we have just seen. You cannot argue against the Hansard . That is why the Hansard is there. We cannot hear you say that there is anything that we can add to or reduce to the Hansard . That is the law of the Hansard . So, until Hon. Baya apologises, there is something seriously out of order in the House."
}