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    "id": 671214,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, Senators. The difference between the Speaker and the Senate Minority Leader is that I also happen to be a statistician. Therefore, these are matters I am at home with, including the use of the word “smoothening.” It is not necessarily bad and I can read from what the then Minister said. “Data capture was done using scanning technology and the process was highly integrated with tight controls to guarantee accuracy of results to achieve internal consistency and minimize errors, rigorous data editing, cleaning and validation.” These are things that we always do when we get the letter done. For a layman, “smoothening” might mean other things, but that is not my point. Admission of documents is based on authenticity; that is, the source of the document, who the author is and whoever signed it. That is the time honoured practice of Parliament. Regarding this document, you cannot be in any doubt. Just look at the way it is glossed very nicely; this is an authentic document. What you are challenging about this document is the content, which you are at liberty to do. But to ask your Speaker to engage in a process that I would consider an exercise in futility--- I think the House is not better placed to deal with these things. Already there are people who have petitioned the Court of Appeal; let them proceed along those lines. This is 2016 and the next census will be 2019. It is a massive exercise that shall remain contentious. Prepare well for the next one and learn from the mistakes of this one, if there were any. I rest my case. By the way, it is a very old document. It is Volume 13 dated March, 2012. Let us move on to the next Order."
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