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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker (",
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    "content": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura): Order, Members! This is a House of honour and we have business to do here. As your Deputy Speaker on the Chair today, I will not be pressurized to end debate so that we can keep Senators here to vote. Every Senator knows that they have a duty and an obligation to vote. Our time ends at 6.30 p.m. So, if a Senator wants to leave and go away to do other things, then so be it. However, we cannot stop debate just so that people can sit here and vote. Every Senator knows what their duties and obligations are. So, we will allow the Chairperson of the Committee to finish making his reply and he will not be put under pressure by any Member. After he has finished making his reply, then the Division Bell will be rung and those who will be here will vote. If we shall not have sufficient numbers in terms of the threshold, we shall deal with the situation like we always do as the Senate. However, I am not going to allow a situation where the Chairperson of a Committee has taken so much time to work on the Motion, to prepare a reply and then he is being made to rush just so that we cannot keep Members here. We must have decorum in this House. I am going to enforce decorum as long as I am sitting on this Chair."
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