{"id":469911,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/469911/?format=json","text_counter":252,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Musila","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":94,"legal_name":"David Musila","slug":"david-musila"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support what my colleagues have said. I have a lot of respect for the ruling you have made. But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we should make it a practice from now on that before such a vote takes place, it is incumbent upon the Clerk to ascertain whether that threshold of voting – not of the quorum - is there before we undertake any vote. I think this being the first time that we have taken a vote, we are all learning; it is a new Chamber. It is a new Senate and I think the Clerk will also be learning that before such a vote is taken, he must satisfy and inform the Speaker whether the threshold for voting exists before we undertake that exercise. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I plead with you that you still sleep over the matter, as my colleague Senator has said."}