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    "id": 360938,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I refer the Chair and House to Standing Order No.83 which governs points of order. I do this with utmost respect to the Chair and to my hon. colleagues in the House. I do this out of my very serious concern as to whether really we are not using or misusing this provision of point of order to interrupt debate unnecessarily and even bring this House into disrepute. Allow me to invite hon. Members to look with me at provisions of Standing Order No.83. It says: “Any Member may rise on a point of order at any time during the speech of another Member stating that the Member rises on a point of order and that member shall be required to indicate the Standing Order upon which the point of order is based.” Without going into the details of that Standing Order, a point of order with respect of a Member purportedly being out of order can only be so in respect of a Standing Order. If you rise and say that hon. Nyamweya is out of order, the being out of order or being in order must be in respect of a specific Standing Order. Therefore, I am wondering whether we have thrown these Standing Orders through the window or whether we are a House of debate and debate governed by rules of the House. If you were to look at both the letter and spirit of Standing Order No.83, you would actually come to the conclusion that a lot of the issues that we listened to in this House this afternoon, certainly do not fall within the purview of Standing Order No.83 in terms of point of order."
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