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    "id": 621050,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "February 16, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 6 The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to you very carefully. I congratulate you for your candor in your Communication. However, I want to know from the Chair, whether in the matter of Article 110(3) which obligates the Speakers of both Houses, and the wording is; “Before either House considers a Bill, the Speakers of the National Assembly and the Senate shall jointly resolve any question as to whether it is a Bill concerning counties and, if it is, whether it is a special or an ordinary Bill.” Can that apply retroactively? Does a Speaker of one House have the discretion to be wiser after the event that he proceeds as if Article 110(3) is not there and then after passing the Bill, he realizes the Article is there and forwards the Bill to the other House’s Speaker, belatedly saying that, in fact, Article 110(3) should have been applied. If we continue rubberstamping this kind of mischief, we are also undermining our own authority and that of the Office of the Speaker of the Senate; that the Speaker of the National Assembly can do what he wants, and along the way realizes mistakes and says that the Senate should take the Bill because he has realized that it concerns the counties. We need clarity to this and we need things to be done differently. In my humble view, I do not think this Article does apply retroactively. It says before any Bill is tabled in any House, it must have a concurrence of both Speakers of Parliament. It is not after a Bill is debated, passed and then it is forwarded to another House. I need clarification on this because we have to set precedence that will guide future relationships between the two Houses of Parliament."
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