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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Jesus said, “How come that people with eyes do not see, people with ears do not hear and people with mouths decline to say what ought to be said.” I have not imputed improper motive on anybody. I have just cited the fact that the voting process in this House has not been strict and as a result, it has been abused. I want to urge the Chair in the ruling also to make it succinctly clear, as a precedent, that proxy voters must carry an up to date appointment. You cannot be appointed last year and vote today. You must be appointed to vote in every situation, because we are going to get to a situation where every vote counts, that is not defined as proxy. I urge that the Chair considers these very serious constitutional issues which are blended and supported by the Standing Orders of our own House and designed by ourselves to guide in how this House works. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rest my case. I do not encourage that when such issues are raised, they become a matter of trivial and infantile jokes. This is a matter that will help hon. Members when they cross to either side of the Floor in future."
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