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    "id": 738163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, hon. Senators. I take this opportunity to welcome you back for this Special Sitting during the Fifth Session of the Senate. I thank you for finding time from your busy schedules to attend the sitting. I am aware of the busy schedules that each one of you has at such a critical time as this in our election calendar. Hon. Senators, by a letter dated 17th May, 2017 and pursuant to Standing Order No.29(1) of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, supported by the requisite number of Senators, requested the Speaker to convene a Special Sitting of the Senate to conclude consideration of the following business:- (a) The Report of the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on the election of Members to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA); (b) Bills pending before the Senate; and, (c) Petitions due for presentation or reporting to the Senate. Hon. Senators, following consideration of the request by the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, I was satisfied that it met the requirements of Standing Order 29 (2). It is in this respect that I convened this Special Sitting of the Senate via Gazette Notice No. 4898 dated 22nd May, 2017. Honourable Senators, as required by Standing Order 29 (5), the Gazette Notice specified the business to be transacted at this Sitting and it is the business scheduled in today’s Order Paper. Indeed, as specified and in accordance with Standing Order 29(5) of"
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