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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We cannot sit here and listen to Sen. Murkomen pontificating on irrelevant polemics that do not help this House. Practice, precedence, tenets, courtesy and good behavior are grounded in Standing Order No.1. I expect him, being a lawyer, to know. When we stand here to raise issues, it is not a test of wills. If we want to test wills, we can test each other until the chickens come home to roost. We are simply saying that you are presiding over a House with two sides. More often than not, we will have matters that are contested. However, where matters are not contested, it is courteous, good practice, good behavior and above all, it unifies the House to have a bipartisan approach. However, when you listen to this kind of infantile chest-thumping, it erodes the confidence that we want to build in each other. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it does not matter whether I attended the Senate Business Committee meeting or not. You may recall that I even spoke to you on phone on a matter that should have been discussed in the Senate Business Committee. I was engaged in a very serious national issue that has to do with 12th December that he is talking about. That is a very important day in the history of this country. I do not want to go on for too long, but I want to encourage Sen. Murkomen that he is no longer just a backbencher Senator. You are the Senate Majority Leader in this House and have a duty to bridle you language, be courteous to others and better schooled in your exposition of issues than otherwise what I have seen and heard."
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