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    "id": 1215478,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "communication was not ready. I informed my Deputy who was going to Chair that particular day that “kindly, inform the House that the communication is not ready”. If it was ready, the Deputy Speaker, would have read it out. This is because when he occupies this seat, he exercises the powers of a Speaker. Now, the next immediate day that I would have possibly communicated was Tuesday. By Monday, the communication was ready and the secretariat is here to confirm that. It was ready to be communicated on Tuesday at the opening of the House. Immediately after administration, the Chair was going to communicate as per what the Minority had written to us after having considered the letter by the Minority Leader and the letter by the two Senators. Unfortunately, on that Tuesday, at about 1.00 p.m., the office of the Speaker was served with a Court Order from the Political Parties Tribunal (PPT) I was made aware where I was and after considering we had to seek for legal advice. Hon. Senators, I am not just the Speaker I am also a lawyer. I am an officer of the court just like Sen. Sifuna, Sen. Madzayo, Sen. Omogeni, Sen. Maanzo and Sen. Mungatana, MGH. I am lucky to have gone to one of the best schools that is celebrated in this country; The Alliance High School. I do not suffer from intellectual deficiency when it comes to these matters. That communication was to be made on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m., but at 1.00 p.m., we were served with a court order from the PPT. We had two options - to assume we are a monster and ignore the court order or become an institution governed by the rule of law and obey it. Our communication was made in that regard and it was delivered here by the Deputy Speaker."
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