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    "id": 423849,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I congratulate the Committee for giving us a comprehensive and well thought out Report. Allow me to pay tribute to Members of the Tenth Parliament of the Committee of the Rules and Procedure which you served and which I served. We were with Sen. Musila and many other Members who in their imagination came up with the Standing Orders that we have used so far. Looking at the few amendments that have been done on the document that we have been using, they deserve our gratitude and recognition for the work they did in harmonizing the Standing Orders in line with the new Constitution. The new amendments have increased the value of the current Standing Orders. This means that the new Standing Orders may not need a lot of amendments soon. I believe that is still open and it is an exercise that may be done only once in the lifetime of a Parliament if need arises. I am more pleased with the opening statements and remarks of Sen. Murungi on the observations of the importance of the independence of this House with regard to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). That is a well thought out issue and we should congratulate this Committee for having gone that far. The Standing Orders also recognize the position of the Speaker after being elected to immediately begin chairing. Our Standing Orders, as they are now, allow the Clerk to continue chairing the election of the Deputy Speaker. Now, the Speaker will immediately take control of the House after being sworn in. I am pleased with the amendment that gives gentlemen, the male gender of this House, an opportunity to carry a handbag to the House of course for the purpose of 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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