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    "id": 287072,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, matters of presidential candidates are weighty and they can take your attention from the business of the House. When you have two Presidential contenders sitting side by side, we can only understand. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order to raise a question of procedure, that I believe does touch on the very character of the Report that the Chair of the House Committee has moved so eloquently and with so much conviction. I rise under Standing Order No.47(3)(b) which reads: “If the Speaker is of the opinion that any proposed Motion is contrary to the Constitution without expressly proposing appropriate amendment of the Constitution, the Speaker may direct either that, the Motion is inadmissible, or that notice of it cannot be given without such alteration as the Speaker may approve.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rose last Thursday when the Committee Chair first sought to move this Motion and you advised that I hold my horse until after the Motion has been moved and seconded. In law, we say that procedure is the handmaiden of substance and the manner in which a process is undertaken is as of much significance as the final product of that process. Therefore, I would like to raise three questions that purely touch on procedure with the intention of inviting the Chair to indulge me with some clarification or a ruling. The first question is whether the Committee of the House acted beyond its mandate,"
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