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    "id": 386517,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion as moved by Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. This is a critical Committee that will be able to determine and arrange the business of the House. Being the first sitting, it is important that we allow, after approval of this Committee, the Committee to quickly formulate the timetable for work and the kind of work that we need to do. In so doing, I want to congratulate all my colleagues on their election or nomination and I hope that we are going to approach most of our business in a bi-partisan manner so that we can be able to give the country a clear direction particularly on devolution. This list meets the necessary constitutional criteria of gender balance. It does also meet the convenience of our arrangement. It is broad-based and has taken into account all shades of interest between us. I do believe that Senators listed herein will be able to very quickly move to give us the necessary guidance in our work in the Senate. In saying so, I also want to encourage the Chair and the management of the Senate that seeing where we are seated, certainly this is not a Chamber befitting a Senate. We passed this Constitution quite some time back and everybody knew there was a Senate coming. Why did it take so long for Parliament to start reconfiguring the place where we are going to sit, that is, our Old Chamber? Even if they started late because it was in use, why has it not been done quickly to enable Senators to sit in an appropriate Chamber? That is something that your office needs to take up. More importantly, it is also worth noting that some of your Senators here do not have offices. 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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