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    "id": 493058,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/493058/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Thank you very much. Now, Sen. Khaniri, in my considered opinion, because you asked me to give my direction on this issue, my view is that when the President addresses Parliament, it is a constitutional function. The President gave his address to Parliament on 6th October, 2014. Pursuant to that, the Senate Majority Leader (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, has moved a Motion which has been approved by the Speaker of the Senate (Hon. Ethuro), that we should discuss that Motion under the provisions of the Constitution and our own Standing Orders No. 24 (5) and (6). Since the Motion has been approved by the Speaker, it is my considered opinion, and I am giving directions as you have sought that the Motion is properly before the House and we cannot pre-empt it and say it is a waste of time. Let us see what interest the House has, whether Senators think it is a waste of time because if they think, then they will not debate it. Let us proceed from there, that is, from a point of strength. My direction on this issue is that the Motion is properly before the House. It cannot be deemed to be a waste of time because it is pursuant to both the Constitution and also our own Standing Orders. It is so ordered. The Senate Majority Leader, can you proceed? THANKS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS"
}