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    "id": 771897,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771897/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity. I rise to support this Motion and in the interest of time, I will just have one or two observations to make. At the very outset, I join the Senate Minority Leader in congratulating Members who have been nominated to serve in various Committees and wish them well as they embark on their Committee work. This is an important Motion because as we all know, most of Senate or Parliament work is processed in Committees, contrary to what people know out there. The electorate believes that the work of the Senate is done in the Chamber and so, when the sessions are not on, they think we are just lying about and lazing around. It is important for people to know that 90 per cent of Senate work is processed through these Committees that we are forming today. The work of the Senate as provided for in the Constitution is oversight, being the forefront, legislation and representation. Oversight is done particularly through a very The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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