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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Order! Order, hon. Members! I would want to give directions to the House, first, with respect to the point of order raised by the Member of Parliament for Mutito, who has belatedly tabled a Photostat copy of a document – Petition No.72 of 2010. A Photostat copy of a document, which is authentic, is admissible. So, obviously, it can give guidance to the House. However, the stage at which you have tabled this document cannot undo the directions I gave, because at the point I gave the directions this document was not before me. I had no pleadings. So, my direction, obviously, must stand. If you were a lawyer, who fortunately you are not, you would have been caught by a rule called “laches”. Something may be valid, but you are bringing it too late, after the horse has bolted, and it is of no use. It may govern, perhaps, in future cases, but for the purpose of the decision I made, I am afraid, this is not useful; this matter had already been substantively addressed, and it had to be concluded. However, if you want future directions, then I will deal with it. With respect to the clarification sought by the hon. Member of Parliament for Ugenya, I am satisfied that what has proceeded before the House this afternoon, in terms of the documents that have been tabled, has been valid in the sense that the documents tabled passed the test of admissibility, as we have determined previously in this House. On matters pertaining to interpretation of the Constitution, I am afraid, as I have said previously, that belongs to somebody else’s province, not mine, and I will not attempt to do so."
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