{"id":1552636,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1552636/?format=json","text_counter":613,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"Now that Sen. Gloria is in the learning mood, I wish to inform her that you have powers under Standing Order No.1 to make a decision on matters not explicitly provided for in the Standing Orders like my case. In this particular case, I have pleaded my situation, as I was responding to a family emergency and arrived late after the debate had already started. Can you apply Standing Order No.1?"}