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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, first, I want the rest of you to appreciate that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has ambushed the House. While I concede that he has raised fundamental issues, the Chair should have been privy to them before he could make a statement. So, on that basis, I will not be able to deal with this matter until I see the written request so that I will be able to dispose of it appropriately. But the preliminary ones, as Sen. Murkomen has already established, supported by the Senate Majority Leader, is that according to our Standing Orders and the constitutional arrangements, the Cabinet Secretary can only appear before a Committee and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale may just be satisfied. I appreciate the other day, maybe, he was withdrawn from Committees. So, I could appreciate the motivation for the whole House. The whole House really means the Plenary. Since the Cabinet Secretaries are not allowed to sit in Parliament; that would be a bit difficult. But you can request your good neighbour, Sen. Murkomen who is the Chairman of the Devolved Government Committee, to do the invitation and invite you too to interact with the Cabinet Secretary. I also want to really advise the House - I thought Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale would provide leadership here since he knows it - it is always good to approach the Speaker in his Chambers and he will grant your wish when he has known the issues you are willing to canvass. But that does not take away the request. However, procedures are important in the way we conduct our Business. So, I hope you will be advised. So, as soon as I get your written request, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I will consider it. I also have a Communication to make which is related to some of the issues you have raised. Before I do so, I also want to remind you that Standing Order No.88 seems to be a very nice one. It is on Contents of Speeches. Standing Order No.88(5) states:- “It shall be out of order for a Senator to criticize or call to question, the proceedings in the National Assembly, a County Assembly or the Speaker’s Ruling in the National Assembly but any debate may be allowed on the structures and roles of County Assemblies or the National Assembly.” So, let us really bear that in mind because this is a House of dignity. This is a House that operates on rules and we must maintain so for all the obvious reasons that we have stated previously. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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