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    "id": 392385,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale! We must bring this debate to a close. While I appreciate the debate and it is healthy, this is a debating Chamber for sure; I want to clarify a few things. I think we disposed of the issue of the Constitution, so that is rested and the originator has exited with it. The issue is the role of the Senate Majority Leader in terms of assisting Committees. This matter has been canvassed severally here and we said we will undertake a lot of research. But that is just in terms of a bicameral Parliament vis-à-vis a presidential system; how the Senate Majority Leader and the Chairpersons of Committees can interact with the Executive to ensure that the issues sought by the Senators can be addressed. But in terms of how the Senate Majority Leader goes about it, I want to agree with Sen. Orengo and Sen. Wako that the Senate Majority Leader cannot come here and pretend to be so unsupported. This is because, first, this House has given the Senate Majority Leader a big office and infrastructure to support him. Secondly, the expectation is that the Senate Majority Leader is the Leader of the Majority and, indeed, Sen. Orengo has educated him to just dispose with the rest of the adjectives and just remain “the leader”. Coming from Sen. Orengo, I am sure that was a highly considered matter coming from the other side of the coalition. Now, the Chair has the responsibility to manage the affairs of the Senate Majority Leader and his committees. You will all remember that committees of this House were constituted by the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader through their Whips, approved by the RBC and the rest of the House. The persons who nominate Senators to Committees or denominate like they did to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale – thank you Sen. Orengo for reminding me - in fact, I thought by the time Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was making the assertion that the Senate Majority Leader was not in the House - he would have reminded him of how he made his exit by the sheer principle of his position. So, the rule is that as the author and the originator of the membership to committees, you determine how long they remain there and how you wish them to make an exit. It was supposed to be based on some performance. So, you must be having your own monitoring mechanism. That is why we post things on the website and that is why we have a record of the proceedings of this House known as the HANSARD. It is up to the Senate Majority Leader at the end of the day or, at the very minimum, the following day, to look at the HANSARD and find out which Statements have been sought and by who. I cannot help you there, I am afraid. 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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