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    "id": 1225267,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1225267/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thought we were out of this, but clearly, we are not. The point of order raised by Sen Olekina and the contribution by my good friend, the Senator for Tana River, on whether or not it is proper to anticipate debate, are two completely different things. We are asking the Chair to make a determination as to whether the Report that is just about to be tabled or moved for debate is properly before this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, you said that we should be orderly; I am trying to be orderly. Standing Order No.223 is clear. Do you have a copy of it? Sen. Olekina has demonstrated that Standing Order No.223 (2) has been violated. That whereas the requirement is that five out of the nine Senators should approve a report before it is Tabled, in this case, only four have approved that report. The question that the Minority side is asking the Chair is to make a determination on whether that Report, before it is even moved, is properly before this House. Lastly, this discussion on procedure and rules is critical. You need to give us direction from where you sit whether if a Member of this House tables a report unprocedurally, and the later on, it is discovered that the report was not properly tabled, this House has a duty of care to its own procedures to correct that mess or we live with it. I thank you."
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