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    "id": 1491001,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1491001/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, this is not the first time we are handling videos. I do not know why this particular case has elicited so much interest. The flash disk has been laid on the Table by the hon. Senator. The Speaker will review this video and explain its contents. The first thing the Speaker will do is to rule on its admissibility. This ruling cannot come from the Floor of the House or the plenary. I will then proceed to rule whether it answers the allegations that have been made. This ruling rests on the shoulders of the Chair, not the Plenary. Otherwise, how then will we proceed on such matters if every time we need to play the videos on the screen, a Motion is drafted for me to put a question? This is the only way the Plenary makes a decision, which is through a vote. Are we, therefore, saying that for us to rule on the question of whether an allegation has been substantiated or not, we will be drafting a Motion? I propose a question for Hon. Members to debate and, thereafter, put a question for the hon. Members to vote. Certainly, that is not the neatest way to go. That is not the spirit behind our Standing Orders. The Chair has constitutional responsibility for reviewing the contents of this video. The contents will be made public to the Plenary, and through that, a ruling will follow, which will settle the matter. Let us move on this particular matter the way we have always done. Next Order. Senate Majority Leader, proceed."
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