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    "speaker_name": "November 29, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 25 The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for indulging me. On behalf of the Minority Leader and I, I want to appreciate your indulgence. I know this is not ordinary. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Members for being patient. The reason why this interruption happened – it was not deliberate – is because the Leader of Minority noted something that I had not noted about this Motion and we did not want it to suffer any setback. In particularly, Members are aware of the background of this matter and its life before us. Last week, we got a communication from the Chair which sadly communicated to us that the “Lower House” had maliciously and illegally annulled the Regulations that the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation had recommended regarding the oversight funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, As a result of that, it is important for us to carry this matter forward. What the Senate Minority Leader brought out was about the balance and the membership that there were a lot more Members from the Jubilee side although I have not counted. I have actually taken his word. They are ten from Jubilee side and five from the Opposition. However, I want to assure the House that the matter was done administratively than by the two of us. That is something that we can let go because of the greater good. I want to thank the Senate Minority Leader for his magnanimity as it was not intentionally done by me or any other person. When drafting this Motion, a lot of attention was given to Members who have been involved in the fight for these funds and that is how the party balancing was lost. The resolve of this House, hon. Members, to stamp our authority on this matter is an equivocal. I do not think it should be distracted by something that has happened in this nature. Once more, I appreciate the Senate Minority Leader’s magnanimity and I want to assure him every Member who has been proposed here has a history with this matter, not that the rest of us do not have a history. However, I want to urge those who are lucky to be nominated in this Committee to put their best feet forward to make sure that we resolve this matter with finality. I am tired of lamenting here every other time about the kind of sabotage we have seen."
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