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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "purports to want to contribute, save to excite emotions. You have dealt with all the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Political Parties Act. Fortunately, you know that those are some of the laws I enjoy interpreting, apart from the Standing Orders. Hon. Duale has raised very fundamental issues. It does not matter. Do not even bother pointing at anybody. You think this one has anything new? He has nothing new to add. Allow me to give a considered ruling when the House resumes because there is no question to be put. He rose on a point of order requesting that I make an interpretation to the various sections of the law, including the Articles of the Constitution that he has referred. Fortunately, I can almost tell you the procedure. The House’s Rules Committee is actively involved in this matter. That is why it is at my fingertips. Were it not for the fact that I wanted something to go on record, I could as well have stood here and, in 30 minutes, given you bit by bit, my own view about how each of those Articles relate to other provisions of the law. However, let me do something that is considered. I will not allow any further debate on this matter. Hon. Duale has covered a huge ground. Any further comment will just be a matter of people trying to say that they have been de-whipped and that certain people were dictatorial or draconian. Such words will not make my interpretation any different. I do not require any support now – not on this matter. To be fair, Hon. Duale has spoken for a very long time because the issues are weighty. Let us move to the next Order."
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