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"content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I do not know how it feels to the Chair and Membership of this House on both sides when every day, for the last three weeks running, we have to ring the Quorum Bell to get Members to come and debate. This matter has already done what we had said it should never do. It has divided this House sharply and brought so much disrepute to it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with you as a leader in this country. If we were on the political platform, we would be saying the Hon. Speaker has no dog in this war. This is a matter that purely and squarely has to do with the Minority Side. I respect the ruling of the Chair because he is shifting the burden of proof to the Minority; that he who alleges must prove. There is no allegation on this issue. I remember very well, although I could be wrong, that you read your decision on the matter of the leadership of the Minority and cited an order that had been brought to you. I do not remember you tabling that order. You just made reference to an order, and we were okay with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. The Senate Minority Leader has made reference to a matter that is in the public domain, which, as Sen. Sifuna has said, you were properly seized of because you are party in this ruling. If this is the direction that this House has decided to take, then some of us have to think very seriously about what we want in this House. I wish you could do the right thing. As I conclude, and as I said the last time, this side is not asking you to do anything that you should not do. They are just saying ‘communicate the list of our leaders, so that we go into the serious business of this House.’"
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