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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, it has become increasingly frequent for Members of this House to come across reports that carry derogatory remarks directed either to the Members of this House or even to the Office of the Speaker for matters being performed within their official functions. In today’s dailies, a number of stories have been put, some claiming that you are blocking Reports. However, more specifically, reports appearing on Page 11 of today’s Daily Nation Newspaper, quote Members of the Senate making derogatory and demeaning remarks not only against the Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly, but also against this House as a whole. Our House, in that story, is equated to a secondary school whereas the Senate is equated to a college. Our Speaker is equated to a head- teacher whereas the Speaker of the Senate is equated to a college principal in a very derogatory manner that openly flies in the face of provisions of Article 107(2) of the Constitution which talks about presiding in Parliament during Joint Sittings where the Constitution recognises you as the Chairman of the Joint Sitting. Article 127(2)(a) of the Constitution gives you the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Article 146(2)(b) of the Constitution talks about who is to take over supposing a vacancy in the Office of the President and that of the Deputy President, God forbid, arose."
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