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    "id": 651411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/651411/?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",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to contribute to this Bill that has some good provisions and suggestions and some not so good provisions and suggestions. On the face of it, the Bill looks very harmless in trying to harmonise some of the procedures in the counties. I congratulate the mover and seconder of this Bill to the extent of the issue of the deputy speaker and how they can be removed from office. The Bill tries to harmonise removal of a deputy speaker to be similar to the removal of the speaker. We all know that in parliamentary terms, in this country, whether in the county assemblies, the National Assembly or even the Senate, the most vulnerable persons are the Speakers. A Speaker could walk in this Chamber and be gone within the next 48 hours. All you need is to comply with the timeframe and file a Motion and if the powers that propelled you to the seat of Speaker have lost favour with you, you will be out and going home within the shortest time practically possible. The Bill makes it - not insulated - but gives a deputy speaker an opportunity to go through a semblance of due process where you can be given an opportunity to be heard. In the previous law that we are seeking to amend, the deputy speaker, unlike a speaker, has no opportunity be heard before impeachment by an assembly and both Houses of Parliament. To that extent, I support the amendment of Section 11 of the Act to give a uniform treatment of the deputy speaker of a county assembly with the speaker. 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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