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    "id": 1180325,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1180325/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, ordinarily, this kind of Motion should not receive a lot of loud opposition. However, the point we are pursuing is that this is a House of records, procedure and decorum. Disclosure is very important to Members so that we debate from a point of knowledge. No Member moving a Motion should keep certain material facts away from Members who would wish to vote in one way or another on the Motion before them. Hon. Speaker, you are the octogenarian of this House. I am sure you are serving your sixth term and you are a veteran in these matters. You are also the octogenarian in your legal practice. I see many lawyers in the House, but you are the senior-most lawyer. I am sure that you would wish to be remembered for conducting business that conformed to the laws of the House and the Constitution. This is a very noble matter, but it is important for the Leader of the Majority Party who has moved this Motion to disclose the kind of Motions that we will discuss instead of anticipating debate, something which goes against the Standing Orders. I listened to the Member who seconded the Motion and all he said was that because this is a very important issue, it should be supported. This is also a learning curve. Some of the distinguished Members who have come here for the first time would wish to know some of the “ingredients” that a Member would propose."
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