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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend your decision and ruling, particularly on the reasons you have given. It may escape our minds that previously - and even presently - decisions made by Speakers in various Parliaments, including our own jurisdiction, have been referred to by the court whenever they are confronted with a decision on a matter a House of Parliament has put into consideration. For this, I remember the former Speaker Hon. Marende‟s definition of what constitutes consultation. Although, he did refer to several legal texts and the decisions of Speakers of other Parliaments, his own decision has been referred to, not only by our courts here, but also in other courts. Secondly, traditionally in the United Kingdom, Parliament was known as the House of Parliament. The House of Lords sat as a judicial body and consisted of members of the House of Lords who had experience. However, that has now been changed to the Supreme Court of England. So, the fact that even when Parliament was known traditionally as House of Parliament, it was referred basically as the House of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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