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    "id": 744207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/744207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1804,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, while I thank my counterpart from Kibwezi East, this particular Committee is headed by none other than Hon. Speaker. In all the Motions that are before this House, it does not give Committees discretion to have the final word. That is why it has been brought to the Floor of the House for consideration by the full membership of the House. Whereas I would agree that under the Standing Order No.1, the Speaker has discretion to rule one way or the other, this is a Motion which touches on a Committee where he himself is the Chair. If a Member like myself is today aggrieved by the nature of the recommendations that have been placed before this House on this particular Motion, I must ventilate on it on the Floor of the House, because there is nothing that will circumvent the voice of the people. We are the voice of the people. We are making these Standing Orders for posterity. There is no way you can say that you are going to gag me on that basis. That is why I have ably brought up this matter, in accordance with the current Standing Orders. The Standing Order No.54 allows me to rise at any time, before the Question is put, and propose amendments, just as we have done in this House before. If you allow me---"
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