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    "id": 1221391,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, before you ascended to that seat - and you are my good friend and colleague in the legal profession - we had a non-lawyer who sat in that seat, Sen. Ken Lusaka. We were in this House when we brought to his attention the fact that Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe had been arrested. There was no evidence at all; it was by word of mouth. He believed us because we are all hon. Members of this House. When Sen. Malalah was arrested, we did not have any evidence to table before Speaker Lusaka. Nonetheless, he adjourned the House for us to go and look for Sen. Malalah and confirm to the House if he had been arrested. The House was adjourned. That is the trust with which we have transacted our business. Already, the Senate looks bad out there because we are fighting over a very small matter involving leadership of the Minority side. I want to state that we, as the Minority side, can never dictate who will be the Majority Leader or the Majority Whip. We can never dictate that. I have been privileged to receive a copy of the ruling that has been delivered by the Tribunal and I am a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) follower. The message is on my phone. I have read it; Complaint E003. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that complaint has now been dismissed by the Tribunal. The directive that you gave this House, and we respected your ruling, was to the effect that matter would be left in abeyance until you received the ruling. The ruling is before you. As a way of tabling it, I have forwarded a copy via WhatsApp to the Clerk of the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know you have been out of practice. You have been a governor for the last 10 years. Sen. Cherarkey will tell you that nowadays we serve orders through WhatsApp . He will confirm. He is here and he is a lawyer. I mean, we already have that title of hon. Members. If the issue was for the Speaker to be served with the ruling of the Tribunal, that has already been done. Let us not play games with a very small matter. There are so many issues that we need to come together and discuss as Senators. We have the constitutional amendment Bill that touches on our welfare as Senators. That is what we should be debating here. We have serious issues touching on devolution that we should be debating. On this one, I want Mr. Speaker to reflect on the prayer that we said this afternoon before we commenced business. We started by saying, “Almighty God beseech us to behold.” We can recite it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beseech you. Let us have a moment and reflect. We want to be proud of you as our Speaker. We do not want people to start bashing lawyers. I am a lawyer, a very proud one. I am proud of my legal professions and I want you to uphold the integrity of the legal profession. Let us agree that now that this ruling is before you, do the right thing this hour, this moment, so that when you retreat tonight, you will write in your memoirs that on this particular day, you did the right thing. You are an independent office holder. You should not listen to any voices. So, as I sit down with a heavy heart ---"
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