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    "id": 592323,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/592323/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek your guidance on a matter that I think is of utmost importance to this House. Under Standing Order No. 90(1), we are not privileged to discuss the personal conduct of the Speaker except through a substantive Motion. However, I would like your guidance in the case where the Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly published statements in the media today, that ridiculed the Senate and Senators in general and, are insulting to both the dignity and mandate of the Senate. This issue has been extensively carried in the media. I would like your guidance as to whether, as a House, we are allowed to discuss this matter or because it is not touching on the personal conduct of the Speaker, he did it as an office. That matter is really very painful to Senators. We think that that office should not be allowed to get away with the statements that he made yesterday, regarding the role of Senators. The statement brings to question the whole mandate of the Senate; that we are engaged in an exercise in futility because we are working as committees on departments that are not within our mandate and we are not carrying out our oversight mandate effectively. Those are the issues that I thought I wanted your guidance on how we can address them. As a House, we need to speak to that matter."
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