{"id":699298,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/699298/?format=json","text_counter":35,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13156,"legal_name":"Mutula Kilonzo Jnr","slug":"mutula-kilonzo-jnr"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an important point. Standing Order No.19 is not applicable because in all places where there is a deputy - in the absence of the substantive chair, whether it is the Speaker, the President or a governor, then the deputy will perform functions in acting capacity. However, Sen. Murkomen wants to imply that in the absence of the President, then Deputy President becomes the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. That is not possible. That argument is what we call a circumlocutory argument and it is not applicable."}