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    "id": 641121,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641121/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": " If you allow me I could have a two-some, so to speak. First, I congratulate the delegation from Baringo County for visiting the Senate. I have met many of them personally and I know them. I encourage them to learn as much as they can. Their governor was my classmate in High School. I hope he is not doing the things we hear about Turkana and other places. We encourage them to develop Baringo to a level we expect it to be. I welcome and ask them to feel comfortable in the Senate. I will soon be visiting Baringo to market my bid for the leadership of this country. I hope they will receive me well. Secondly, I will comment on the second Message, about the political Parties Amendment Bill. We have a ruling pending from the Chair following a recent communication where a Bill again originated from the National Assembly without compliance with Article 110(3) of the Constitution. We would wish this House not to acquiesce to the illegalities and unconstitutional conduct by the National Assembly. To quote a great lawyer called Pheroze Nowrojee, to mitigate an injustice is to participate in it. A Bill that has not complied with Article 110(3) is a nullity from our point of view as Senate, even before you direct that it be deemed to have been read the First Time, for the House to receive the reasoned and considered ruling that is still pending on a matter of that nature. Given the recent very eloquent presentations that Members brought to the House and to the Chair in the same regard, if we do not do this, the continuation of treating the Senate as a “by the way” or a House that is not part of the Houses of Parliament will go on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is no Parliament without the Senate or the National Assembly. We are like Siamese twins and that is why Article 110(3) is there. It does not matter the direction that the Bill will go, but it must start with Article 110 (3). I, therefore, urge you to recall the direction that it be read the First Time and give us the ruling that we are waiting for before we move on to that direction. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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