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    "content": "Order, hon. Members! I am not inclined to entertain any further deliberation on this matter as raised by hon. Mbadi because whereas he cites Standing Order No.148, the rest of your argument as presented, indeed, even if it is an opinion will be completely in breach of our Standing Orders as they stand today. Most instructive would be the kind of language that you have used to make your argument. You have started by saying: “If the Minister is going to read.” Then you have gone on to say: “Mr. Speaker, if what the Minister is going to present is what.” You see, the bridge is pretty obvious. If you say “if” and “Mr. Speaker, if the Minister is going to say this as the content of his statement, then Mr. Speaker you must find that, that is out of order,” that obviously would be breaking the rule of anticipating debate and I will not therefore make any ruling in that regard. Secondly and significantly, this is not new ground. We have walked this path before. We did last year and I gave very exhaustive directions on how we will proceed. Thirdly and also significantly, the Constitution as promulgated in 2010 is the supreme law of this land but taking over from a dispensation that was otherwise covered by a previous Constitution and implementation of the Constitution is not a one day event. It is going to be progressive and it is my respectable view that as at where we are, we have continued to make positive progress in the interest of this country. I urge that we continue to make that progress even this afternoon and I so direct. Minister, you may proceed!"
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