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    "id": 677639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/677639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Leader of Minority",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I know that we have constitutional timelines. However, this issue of land is extremely emotive and can cause problems in the country. Members of this House represent counties and their governments where public land is domiciled. The Bill that came from the National Assembly had a lot of unacceptable clauses and we rejected it almost in total. I would have expected that the Bill, having gone to mediation, we do not turn ourselves to what now looks like a rubberstamp. I expected the Chairperson of the Committee to walk the House through what it is that we rejected and what it is they have mediated and agreed so that the House can benefit from the industry of the team that we sent to Mediation. However, when the Chairperson simply says he begs to move and that is the end of it, then the House is not helped. Then, we are constrained as representatives of the people and the counties to ask the House to give us time to read through the mediated version, compare it with the rejected version and then debate the matter from an informed position. We are not doing something right. For us now to just acclaim---"
}