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    "id": 1168001,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1168001/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had earlier pressed for a Point of Order but we can just prosecute my point as I make my submissions. It has been the tradition of the House to bring Standing Orders towards the tail end for the next House. I believe that is what happened last time and that is also what happened in the National Assembly where I served in the last term. I have one concern which when the mover replies, will guide how I vote. Since 31st August, 2017, when we were sworn in as Senators, every one or two weeks when Members stood up to contribute, we have always asked why we do not have an Implementation Committee. We are leaving the Senate today with a lot of unfinished business that we have passed in our respective Committees. I have personally done a lot in the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, the Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights and in all the other committees that I have sat in. Members have continuously expressed that if there had been an Implementation Committee to make sure the resolutions of this House are followed up consistently, then it would make the Senate more effective. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it will be good to get an explanation from the mover why that has not been considered. If the purpose of amending Standing Orders is to ensure a more efficient running of the House and for the next House, that would have been the first and maybe even only amendment. It is the most necessary amendment."
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