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    "id": 526786,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/526786/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
        "slug": "ekwee-ethuro"
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have a Communication to make. First, I wish to welcome you from the Christmas holiday and also thank you for finding time from the busy December festivities to attend this Special Sitting of the Senate. By a letter dated 23rd December, 2014 and pursuant to Standing Order No.29(1) of the Senate Standing Orders, the Senate Minority Leader, supported by at least 15 other Senators, requested the Speaker to appoint a day for a Special Sitting of the Senate to deliberate on the matter of the introduction, debate, passage and the enactment of the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bills No.39 of 2014), which is now the law. Hon. Senators, having considered the request by the Senate Minority Leader, I was satisfied that it met the requirements of Standing Order No.29(2). It is in this respect that I convened this Special Sitting of the Senate, by Gazette Notice No.9288 of 23rd December, 2014, which was carried in a Special Issue of the Gazette of 24th December, 2014. Standing Order No.29(5) requires that whenever the Senate meets for a Special Sitting, the Speaker shall specify the business to be transacted on the appointed day and the business so specified shall be the only business before the Senate during the Special The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}