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    "id": 391231,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is clear, under the current Constitution, that there is no provision for oral questions and answers in the House. What is provided for is that a Member can seek a statement and when a Chairperson is required to submit a statement, it is my understanding, that the statement from the Cabinet Secretary is what is read. I think the clarifications that Senators would seek would merely be in the context of what has been presented in the statement. If we go back to the oral questions and answers of the parliamentary system, then we would we would miss the point by far. The point is that we are not in a Parliamentary system of Government. In my view, let us not try to bring Cabinet Secretaries to this House because we will be missing the point. This House is out to legislate and come up with policy and to seek information through committees. So, we cannot attempt to have Standing Committees of the House and, at the same time, have Cabinet Secretaries."
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