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    "id": 1175453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Clerk of the Senate (",
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    "content": "Hon. Senators, Standing Orders No.3(1)(c) requires that on the first sitting of a new Senate, pursuant to the President’s notification under Article126(2) of the Constitution, the Clerk shall administer the Oath or Affirmation of Office, provided for in the Third Schedule to the Constitution, to all Senators present in the Senate, in the order set out in Standing Order No.3(2). Standing Order No. 3(2) provides as follows: “The Clerk shall administer the Oath or Affirmation of Office to Senators in alphabetical order using the following order of precedence–– (a) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the Senate; (b) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the Senate and the National Assembly; (c) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the National Assembly; (d) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in any other legislature; and (e) all other Senators.” Senators at the Bar, kindly, take your seats."
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