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    "id": 627353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order Senators, I think the interventions made are quite adequate. We have heard from both sides of the argument and I think I have nothing more useful to add except to agree in entirety with what the Chairman of Finance, Budget and Commerce Committee has stated eloquently, giving details. These are matters of fact and law. My only assignment is to enforce the law and the procedures of the House. To cut the story short, the debate has a procedure and that procedure was followed. I do not know what else we are supposed to do. I think it is important for Members not to read conspiracy theories in every undertaking in the House. Some of us carry a weightier burden and we have always discharged it without fear or favour. Anyone casting aspersions - I am not going to entertain that. For the record, Sen. Billow, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, Sen Elachi, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Nabwala, Sen. M. Kajwang, Sen. Hassan, Sen. Ndiema and Sen. Karaba, those are more than four who contributed, whether to the amendments or to the Motion. The Senate Minority Leader sits in the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) where we all agreed yesterday that this Motion should have been disposed of yesterday. So, today is a bonus. I made a communication when we got this Report that for the first time, we are going to ensure that the departmental committees make recommendations so that for the first time in history, this House has had an opportunity to make interventions to the Report. The Committee Chair has assured this House - and nobody has contradicted him - that he has taken each recommendation from the Departmental Committees. How else do we build consensus and maximum participation from the House? It is not only just because we must come to the Floor. I said time and again that a hundred and one opportunities will be available to Members to ventilate on this when we deal with the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. If you find all those limiting, bring a Motion. This House will interrogate that matter on its own merit. I have a communication to make---"
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