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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I do not think we need to debate this issue. The procedure for the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker is provided for in Article 106 of the Constitution. The threshold for those elections is similar. Therefore, without the slightest doubt it must be clear to all of us, lawyers and non-lawyers, what powers are bestowed on Deputy Speakers. The Standing Orders, as you all know, have their anchor in the same Constitution. We are, therefore, within the orderly conduct of business in the House. It is in these same Standing Orders where provision is made for special sittings – Standing Order No.29. Indeed, hon. Kajwang almost made a point against his own point. They talk in popular language out in the pitch about scoring against yourself. This is because the business specified in Standing Order No.61, includes “or either urgent and exceptional business as the Speaker may allow.” I emphasize “urgent and exceptional business”. It is not open for the Speaker to consult any other person; rather, it is for the Speaker to allow or disallow. Since I believe that must be very clear and manifest, let me clear the issue about the Deputy Speaker. In the Standing Orders, the last of the definition sections, which is shown as “(2)”, and, for the avoidance of doubt, in order to settle this matter, in the second last paragraph (c) the convening of this special sitting is provided for. Therefore, we cannot go outside these Standing Orders to look for anything else for guidance. That paragraph states thus: “Reference to the Speaker includes the Deputy Speaker or any other member when presiding over the Assembly pursuant to Article 107 of the Constitution.”"
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