{"id":396595,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/396595/?format=json","text_counter":43,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdirahman","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":161,"legal_name":"Abdirahman Ali Hassan","slug":"abdirahman-ali-hassan"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with due respect to the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, I want to confirm, in my own understanding, that there is no vacuum as there is a substantive deputy in the House but we seek the Chair’s guidance on this issue. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was just holding onto the seat."}