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    "id": 754540,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/754540/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyegenye",
    "speaker_title": "The Clerk of the Senate",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have the following Communication to make. This Communication relates to the procedure that will be followed in the administration of the oath or affirmation of office. Hon. Senators, Standing Order No.3(1)(c) requires that on the first sitting of a new Senate, pursuant to the President’s notification under Article 126(2) of the Constitution, the Clerk shall administer the Oath or Affirmation of Office provided for in the Third Schedule to the Constitution to all Senators present in the Senate, in the order set out in Standing Order No.3(2). Standing Order No.3 (2) provides as follows:- “The Clerk shall administer the Oath or Affirmation of Office to Senators in alphabetical order using the following order of precedence- (a) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the Senate; (b) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the Senate and in the National Assembly; (c) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in the National Assembly; (d) Senators with the longest cumulative period of service in any other legislature (e) all other Senators."
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