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    "id": 271185,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. with all due respect to your ruling which you rightly gave under Standing Order No.79, you will realize that many at times when hon. Members are seeking clarifications to either a Question or a Statement that has been given by a Minister, the Speaker would say that it is not time for speeches, it is not time for debate, it is not time for giving opinion, but it is Question Time. Standing Order No.79 relates to speeches. As you have rightly put it, if there is any hon. Member who is coming to introduce in the midst of a speech to a debate matters touching on a person or Government, that is the time someone is required by law to introduce a substantive Motion. I want to take you to Standing Order No.43, the one that deals with the contents of Questions. What we are seeking are mere clarifications which amount to questions. I want to take you to Standing Order No.43(14) which says that a Question shall not refer discourteously – get that word – to any friendly country or to any head of state or government or the representative in Kenya of any friendly country. The questions we are posing are very courteous. They are only touching on a matter of a document that has been laid in front of this House and seeking for clarifications as to the truth and position that the Government has."
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