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    "id": 843847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/843847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "On a point of order Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to ask for your indulgence on a small matter on petitions. If you look at Standing Order 232(1) and (2) as well as Standing Order 226, and I am raising this concern as a Chairperson--- When Sen. Ndwiga asked whether you can commit it first before comments, I referred to Standing Order 232(2), which talks about a petition that is committed to a standing Committee. It says how long the Committee shall take and there shall no comments on the report, but general comments for 30 minutes on a petition. The wisdom of asking that a petition be committed to a Committee before the comments is that once a Chairperson knows that petition is committed to his or her Committee they are naturally more attentive to the comments by other Senators during that discussion. Of course, the Chairperson can also consult the HANSARD, but for convenience of us processing the petitions, we would ask that we first commit them to the relevant Committees and allow comments from Members if possible. So, you can use your leeway between those Standing Orders to change that procedure. I have not seen where a different procedure is provided for in the Standing Orders."
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