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    "id": 697230,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697230/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute in support of this Bill. This Bill concerns the two Houses of Parliament. Whether it is to be amended or not, we are talking about Parliament. Whereas Parliament has been referred to many times as the two Houses; bicameral Parliament, there are instances where the Senate is seen to be out of the scene when some things are done particularly in the National Assembly. Some of these things done in the National Assembly are like the ones that we have here. That is the reason why the amendment that has been moved by Sen. Adan is pertinent. Without checks and balances, which are there in the Constitution, we cannot check what might happen in the National Assembly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the absence of our participation, it is seen and concluded like some of the vetting and appointments that were done even before the Senate came into place, it is like it was supposed to be done by the National Assembly. I am happy that with this kind of amendment, we are going to include the Senate as a fallback position to compare us and the National Assembly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would also imagine that if somebody was to be rejected through vetting by the National Assembly and that person is known to have done well countrywide and he has sympathy from the Senate, the Senate will not have any"
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