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    "content": "Thank you, Sen. Madzayo for that. I will bring this matter to a close. You may refer to me as Pontius Pilate or that I have washed my hands or say all manner of things. It is possible to say all manner of things when you do not want to face the facts. I have said the facts. With the risk of repeating myself, I have not washed my hands. You have chosen to misunderstand what I said earlier. I mentioned to you and Sen. Karue put it well; a lot of times we stand down Business. Normally, there is not so much altercation on an issue of standing down Business. The Speaker re-organizes the Order Paper every time, every day. In this specific situation, I made it clear to the House because it is incumbent on me to make it clear to the House, that I was conveying a decision of an organ of this senate that you have established; the Senate Business Committee at which the leadership of the Minority and the leadership of the minority sit. A decision was made by the Senate Business Committee to stand down that Order No.14. Sen. Wangari talked about the Order Paper. For good order and so that you can understand how things operate, the Senate Business Committee sat today, not yesterday. Therefore, that is a decision that has been made and I have conveyed it to you. If because of that decision you want to refer to your Speaker as Pontius Pilate, so be it. It is not in my hands. I washed my hands off that statement by you. Make it clear that in my honest opinion, although I do not want to make an issue of it, it is an unfortunate statement devoid of fact and not informed by the statement I made to this House on that issue. I believe that closes the matter and that the chairperson of the Committee will consult with the Majority leader. I also believe that the SBC is going to be better informed by the HANSARD of what has transpired in the House this afternoon. That is the end of the mater. Thank you. Next Order! The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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