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    "id": 469315,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to remind the distinguished Senator for Mandera that there is no little mysterious country in Africa. We have Republics and our Standing Orders prohibit us from making such statements. Just as a matter of procedure, I have looked at Standing Order No.43 and I have no views on what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is asking but as a matter of procedure. Standing Order No.43 says in part; “Notwithstanding Standing Order No.39, (Sequence of Proceedings), there shall be time, to be designated Statements Hour, every Thursday, commencing not later than 3.00 p.m. During Statements Hour- (c) A Senator may request for a Statement from a committee Chairperson relating to matters under the mandate of the Committee and the Speaker may either appoint a day for the Statement to be made or direct that the Statement be issued on the same day.” That is all that comes before the House. So, what we have been doing goes contrary to the very Standing Orders that we are operating. There is no room to debate the veracity, the merit or the bona fide or the mala fide of the request. That will be at the time when the Statement is given and everybody will have an opportunity to either agree with it or rubbish it. I am drawing you to procedure and the fact that we may be spending very valuable time pursuing something that is not provided for."
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