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    "content": "Lanka. Secondly, the Deputy Speaker is with the visiting President of Tanzania. So, that leaves you with Members of the Speaker’s Panel only. So, under the circumstances, do we proceed with the business or do we stop the business? My own feeling, which is the only thing we will have to do with this matter, is that we proceed, because we proceeded in the morning. Hon. Mbadi did not raise the matter. We have been proceeding in all previous times. Only last week, the Speaker pronounced himself on this matter in the manner in which hon. Shebesh has already indicated, and on which I did not hear my good friend, hon. Mbadi, object. Just as he rarely disagrees with hon. Namwamba, he also rarely disagrees with me. I must also admit that he ambushed the Chair today because the norms and the good manners of this House dictate that the Chair is informed in advance of whatever points of order will come. I do not want to dismiss the point of order immediately, so that hon. Mbadi and the House do not suspect that, as I sit here, I am protecting myself. Anybody sitting in this House has the leave of the House, including the Speaker himself and the Deputy Speaker through the elections. You have given that power to the panelists to the Speaker. I also wish to remind the House that the Fourth Session, which is going on, is a continuation for quite a number of years now. So, I would not be surprised if it is determined by the Speaker that whatever hon. Mbadi is asking for was determined before even the Constitution came into force. We have not changed the session. The Standing Orders require that to be done at the beginning of every session. We are still on the same session. Anyway, let me not anticipate what the Speaker will rule. I will forward the request by hon. Members to the Speaker. But I think for now, it will be prudent for us to continue with the business and I sit here. Any of my colleagues will be sitting here with the express authority of the Chair."
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