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    "content": "they earn the pension if they come back, and they can come back without any hindrance. That is the point you are raising. It is a legitimate matter but, again, in keeping with the provisions of Article 122 of the Constitution, the Speaker has no vote. You were very active in the enactment of the new Constitution, and you said that the Speaker shall never have a vote other than expressing general opinions as I am doing. My views are of no consequence because they do not translate into a vote. You raise a very serious constitutional issue that if this were to be carried, it would mean that the Act, on the face of it, would have a non- constitutional clause which can be struck out by the courts. It is for the House to either take the information or not. Even if we debate it now and it is not Committee Stage yet, it has no effect. That matter should be debated when you go into Committee. As it is at this point your Committee has not given a report on anything. It will be unfair for me, at least from the Chair, to say “Do not move it”. I believe this House comprises of Members who have read the Constitution and understood the various provisions to avoid enacting laws that fly in the face of the Constitution. I would be content with proceeding to the next Order, so that the House then can consider it. We do not need to discuss the issue, hon. Mutava Musyimi, because we are not yet in Committee. So, hon. Members, let us not discuss it. If you debate it now, the rules do not allow me to even preside over that kind of debate, because it is not yet there. There is no issue right now before me. Let us move to the next Order."
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