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    "id": 621813,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/621813/?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": " Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o requested to make this statement under Standing Order 45(2)(a), and I approved it. The request to make the statement under Standing Order 45(2)(a) is very clear. It says:- “I would like to make a statement on the Floor of the House on the recently concluded elections in Uganda.” I allowed him to make the Statement, whose request came in good time. Standing Order 45(4) reads:- “No Senator making a Statement under this Standing Order shall speak for more than ten minutes, unless with the permission of the Speaker.” Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o spoke within the 10 minutes. I am sure the reason you sought the opinion of the Clerks-at-the-Table is because it is clear that if he was seeking a statement from anybody in the Government on the issue of the elections, in the normal procedure that we have adopted in the Senate. He could have ridden on that seeking of a statement, so that when an answer is given you could be taken into account. However, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o made a Statement. Since Standing Order 45(4) says that no Senator making a Statement under this Standing Order shall speak for more than ten minutes, unless with the permission of the Speaker, I interpret it to mean the Senator making the statement. It does not open a window for other Senators to contribute. That is my interpretation. I know that Standing Order 46 is clear that there shall be no debate. In the same way, if my interpretation is clear, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o has made the statement that he wanted to make."
}