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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "of rules. Even as we ventilate on this matter, even as hon. Speaker you give guidance to this House, we must also be very careful not to violate the rules of this House. Among those rules that should feature and I beg – I pray that they would feature in your guidance – is Standing Order No.91. Standing Order No.91 is a fundamental Standing Order. It is a fundamental Standing Order in the sense that it is intended to protect the integrity of hon. Members and also the integrity of the institution so that I do not stand out there and because I do not like the shape of your nose or I do not agree with your political persuasion I say: “So and so is corrupt or so and so has done this and that.” That is why the rules on substantiation are critical otherwise you could easily destroy each other. I have sat in this House, this is my seventh year, and I have seen names of hon. Members of this House dragged through the mud; Tokyo Scandal, Maize Scandal and the so- called scandal on matters purely based either on rumour, speculation or some report somewhere. This House has always stood to enforce Standing Order No.91 in terms of the correctness and factuality of the statement you make."
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