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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. Speaker, Sir, I do agree with you that this is a House of records. In fact, this is a House of rules. This is what distinguishes this hon. House from a market place and Jua Kali shed . We are called the august House; the house of honour. We are a house guided by rules and those rules are either encapsulated in these Standing Orders or in the practices, customs, usages and traditions of the House. It is established both in the rules and in the practices of the House that when a matter of constitutionality is raised, it be given due attention. I say this with absolute due respect to yourself and the Chair. Standing Order No. 47(3)(b) talks to the issue of constitutionality. It vests in you an enormous responsibility and considerable power on this matter. The Standing Orders indicate specifically, “If the Speaker is of the opinion that any proposed Motion is contrary to the Constitution or an Act of Parliament without expressly proposing appropriate amendment to the Constitution or the Act of Parliament, the speaker my direct---” It goes on to say what you can do. In addition to these Standing Orders, this House has developed and established certain practices, customs and traditions. Time and time again especially as we have grappled with the challenge of rolling out the new constitutional order, the question of constitutionality has been brought to the attention of the Chairman. It has been established that in instances where that has happened, the Chair has taken time to consider the matter and tender a considered ruling. The matter that has been brought to your attention is within the nature of issues that have been brought to the attention of the Chair in the past."
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