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    "id": 571868,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/571868/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": "Order, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr! You are standing right in the line between me and the Senator I am addressing. Yesterday, Sen. Billow, the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget rose to give that statement because it has been outstanding for quite sometimes. If I recall correctly, and the HANSARD could bear me out, the person who has sought the Statement was not here. The Speaker ruled that the Statement be issued this afternoon regardless of whether the questioner is here or not. For the Speaker to have made that statement, it means that he has no knowledge that the Senator is out of the country like you have suggested. This is because, under the Standing Orders, the Speaker should know whether he is out of the country or not. Therefore, we have two options; either to drop the statement which is a property of the House or Sen. Billow issues it. I will go with the order that was issued by the Speaker because I think that was you, Sen. Wetangula, who said yesterday that the Speaker should not make orders or rulings in vain. I, therefore, do not see why this one should be in vain. It is also important that when Senators seek statements which are important for them and their counties; they should pursue them, like I see other Senators pursue their statements so rigorously. Sen. Billow, you have the freedom to continue and give the statement. CRITERIA USED IN THE ALLOCATION OF"
}