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    "id": 386872,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/386872/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyegenye",
    "speaker_title": "The Clerk of the Senate",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, Standing Order No.4(1) provides:- “A Speaker shall be elected when the Senate first meets after a General Election and before the Senate proceeds with the dispatch of any other business, except the administration of the Oath or Affirmation of Office to Senators present.” Hon. Senators, this is what we have just undertaken. Hon. Senators, pursuant to the Standing Orders, a number of activities were required for the election of the Speaker before this first sitting. I will proceed to detail each such activity and the manner in which we have complied with the Standing Orders. Firstly, Standing Order No.5(1) requires:- “Upon the President notifying the place and date for the first sitting of a new Senate pursuant to Articles 126(2) of the Constitution, the Clerk shall, by notice in the Gazette, notify that fact and invite interested persons to submit their nomination papers for election to the office of the Speaker.” Hon. Senators, vide Gazette Notice No.3895 dated 22nd March, 2013, the Clerk of the Senate invited persons to submit their nomination papers for election to the office of Speaker. Secondly, hon. Senators, Standing Order No.5(4) requires that:- “The Clerk shall maintain a register in which shall be shown the date and time when each candidate’s nomination papers were received and shall 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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