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    "id": 644197,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a Point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We are grateful that you are conveying Messages from the National Assembly with extreme clarity and gusto. These are Messages that bring some Bills from the National Assembly to the Senate. However, it should not be lost to this House that we have over 18 Bills that we have passed and conveyed to the National Assembly. To date, they have not been dealt with at all. They have not even found their way to the House Business Committee (HBC) to be considered whether they are worth going to the Order Paper of the National Assembly. This kind of engagement definitely serves to undermine the efficacy, dignity and the standing of this House. We would want to get a clear direction because in a situation such as this, it might be prudent to adopt a quid pro quo attitude. If we are expeditiously handling Bills from the National Assembly as we are constitutionally required, what is the fate of our own Bills? They are queuing for as long as two years. Some of these Bills have reached the National Assembly; they have been plagiarized and turned into originating Bills from individual Members and passed there. Sometimes they are sent to the President for assent without any reference to this House. We need to have clarity on our engagement and the manner in which our constitutional workings with the National Assembly are respected, protected and adhered to."
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