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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the hon. Speaker is the head of one of the three arms of Government. He is a very powerful person in the scheme of things in this country. The office of the Speaker is such a critical office in the sense that it comes with immense responsibilities. The holder of the office, therefore, must, like Ceasar’s wife, be beyond reproach. So, the mere fact that issues such as these can be raised about him is a cause of concern. Therefore, it is important for us to debate this matter soberly and without any emotions. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you read Erskine May’s Parliamentary Practice 23rd edition on page 218, it clearly says:- “The chief characteristics attaching to the office of the Speaker in the House of Commons are authority and impartiality. Confidence in the impartiality of the Speaker is an indispensable condition of the successful working of procedure.”"
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