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    "id": 515009,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a request that will require a response and clarification from you. Over the weekend, there were screaming headlines about a statement attributed to the Speaker of the National Assembly. This statement purported to indicate that a letter conveying a warning to the Speaker of the Senate had been written by the Speaker of the National Assembly with regard to the provisions of Article 261(5) of the Constitution. The Speaker of the National Assembly seems to operate under an illusion that he can direct, warn, or intimate the Speaker of the Senate and the Senate at large. I have read the Constitution over and over again and found nowhere that it confers powers to the Speaker of the National Assembly to either warn or direct the Speaker of the Senate. Indeed, this is strange because I have not heard you convey any message from the National Assembly forwarding Bills that are within the provisions of Article 261(5) to this House for debate, passage or rejection. I, therefore, wonder how a warning is preceding the forwarding of the said Bills. In any event, Article 261(5) talks about “Parliament.” It does not talk about the “Senate. “ Parliament means the National Assembly and the Senate. Was the Speaker of the National Assembly warning you as a Speaker of the Senate or warning you and him because the Constitution talks about the two Houses? Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, as the leader of our House, we want clear direction and we take exception to demeaning conduct and correspondence from a House that we consider lower to us in matters of legislation, especially when we have been battling up to the Supreme Court to demand that the Speaker of the National Assembly forwards Bills to this House. When he decides to forward them, he precedes with a warning. We will not take that as a kind gesture, conduct or behavior from an office that is equal to your office."
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