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    "id": 715173,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "I wish I could have your attention. However much time we spend ventilating on this matter, you are going to have to make a pronouncement either way. The pronouncement you make is going to be a precedent and a reference because this is a House of records. So, whichever way you rule, may you have at the back of your mind that you will be setting a point of reference for the future debates in this House. I want to make two quick points. The first point is in reference to Standing Order No. 256. Indeed, Standing Order No. 256 allows you the latitude to exempt business from Standing Orders. Whenever we read any Standing Order, we must pay keen attention to both the letter and the spirit of that Standing Order and we must not read Standing Orders selectively. Allow me to just pick one specific provision in that Standing Order that I would invite hon. Members to pay keen attention to. That is the very last part of that particular Standing Order. It states as follows: “(4) A Motion under this Standing Order shall state the object of or reason for the proposed exemption and-” That is where I wish to invite us to pay attention. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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