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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, allow me to draw your attention to two issues. One is the customs, traditions and usages that this House has established. We have always said that this is a House of records in the sense that the history of this House will always guide what goes on in this House at any particular moment. As hon. Millie Odhiambo has so lucidly shared with this House, we have established a tradition in this House, especially the very interesting period that marked the era of the Tenth Parliament, when we were right in the crucible of re-making the very foundations of this nation. Time and time again, the Chair was called upon to intervene on matters that touched on the Constitution of the Republic and it was established, as a tradition, that when a matter touching on the constitutionality of any issue is raised to the Chair, it ceases to be merely a debate of whether the matter in issue is constitutional or not and it becomes a matter of procedure as to whether the Chair must, in fact, make a pronouncement on the claim or the assertion. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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