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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Standing Order No.8 be amended by deleting the full stop at the end and inserting the words \"from among members of a party other than the one that sponsored the Speaker, so long as that party is not a coalition with the party that sponsored the Speaker.\" Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, the new Standing Order will read:- \"As soon as practicable after the election of the Speaker following upon a dissolution of the National Assembly, a Deputy Speaker shall be elected from among members of a party, other than the one that sponsored the Speaker so long as that party is not in coalition with the party that sponsored the Speaker.\" Mr. Chairman, Sir, the reason why I am moving this amendment is very simple. When we first came to the House and elected the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, you could feel the acrimony - it was tangible. It did not necessarily die off as fast as we wanted. I think it would be good that even in victory, the vanquished or those who have lost should not feel as if they are vanquished. That is because when they feel they are vanquished and yet we are supposed to be hon. Members of the same House, I think it introduces a lot of mistrust. This might sound like a one-off problem, but we never anticipated what happened when we came to elect the Speaker this year. Nobody had anticipated that, but it happened! So, we need to put safeguards in place such that we never have that sort of thing again. It went to the extent where people even stopped voting on party lines. They voted on religious and tribal lines! I think that kind of situation is dangerous for a House such as ours. That is why I am proposing this amendment and I hope that I will get some support in this. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Sir."
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