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    "id": 877870,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the bigger question is that the Chair and the Committee have undermined the authority of the House. That is a matter that needs to be dealt with quite apart from the Report. This matter has been with us for a very long time. As we can see, even locating the Chair is proving to be difficult, despite the fact that there is the Serjeant-at-Arms. Normally, in the tradition of Parliament, when the Serjeant-at-Arms is sent to fetch a Member, it is not a matter that you can laugh over. It is in exceptional circumstances that the Speaker directs the serjeant-at-arms to look for a Member or to evict a Member from the Chamber and that is because the House cannot find any other means of enforcing its directions or orders. It will be difficult to deal with this matter in plenary; I suggest that we distinguish two issues. The first one is to deal with the Chairperson because he has undermined the authority of the House and I suggest that he appears before the next Senate Business Committee meeting to explain to the Committee the reason as to why he has undermined the regular dealings of the House because of his inability or lack of confidence in the House. Secondly, on this particular issue, I am prepared to go by those who are suggesting that the Senate Majority Leader be seized of the matter and it be dealt with by the whole House as we did earlier. When that was done, there was some progress. What concerns me more is the fact that the Committee and the Chairperson have undermined the authority of the Chair and that of the House itself."
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