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    "id": 385781,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/385781/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 51,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "May 8, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 8 The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
        "slug": "ekwee-ethuro"
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    "content": "When you read that particular provision carefully, Standing Order No.51(3)--- You can even start with the entire Standing Order No.51(1):- “(1) When a Motion has been moved and if necessary seconded, the Speaker shall--- It is an imposition on the Speaker. “---shall propose the question thereon in the same terms as the Motion, and debate may then take place upon that question. To propose the question is an obligation on the Speaker; it is a duty. But for the Senators to debate the Motion is optional; it is “may.” Then it goes ahead and says:- (2) At the conclusion of the debate, the Speaker shall put the question. Notice the word “shall.” So, it is also an obligation on the Speaker to propose and to put the question. Which means that a Motion must be determined, or any matter must be determined in reasonable time. Now, Standing Order No.51(3), which you are quoting gives you a window of opportunity to postpone, which says:- “(3) Despite paragraph (2), the Speaker may, on the request of a Senator, defer the putting of the question to the following day in which case the Speaker shall thereupon nominate a time at which the question shall be put.” So, you did it yesterday. The following day of yesterday is today. Now, for you to do the same today in order to take it to tomorrow---"
}