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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to call for your indulgence on giving a direction on one specific matter that you raised. That is the issue of a law we passed in this House. I think the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, although he has said that that is not law, if you go to Standing Order No.125 (6), it says:- “When the President submits a memorandum on a Bill to the Speaker pursuant to Section 46 of the Constitution the House shall deliberate on such memorandum within 21 days”. It says, “On such memorandum”. That memorandum from the President is not within the precincts of this House and according to the perception of this House that is a law passed by this House. When and if the memorandum of the President does include an issue that has to do with a clause where we are supposed to add extra words or not, then we can say that law has not been passed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the Standing Orders, we cannot reopen a law that has been passed in this House except on the margin of the proposal by the President and the memorandum that has been submitted to this House by the President and not touching any other clause. It is not in the knowledge of this House that the President has said anything to do with the Clause that was passed as regards the number of wards that we have passed within that law."
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