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    "id": 882235,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882235/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, as you may be aware, the Warehouse Receipts System Bill (Senate Bills No.10 of 2017) and the Assumption of Office of the County Governor Bill (Senate Bills No. 1 of 2018) were listed on the Order Paper for yesterday, Tuesday, 12th March, 2019, at the Committee of the Whole Stage; more specifically for consideration of National Assembly amendments to the two Bills. When the Orders were reached, the House proceeded to the Committee of the Whole to canvass the National Assembly amendments. As has been the practice, after canvassing the amendments, the House proceeded to a Division. However, on closer scrutiny of numbers and Senators present in the House, I have established that there was no quorum, as stipulated in Article 121 of the Constitution, read together with Standing Order 35 of the Senate Standing Orders. For clarity, Article 121 of the Constitution states as follows- “The quorum of Parliament shall be–– (a) fifty members, in the case of the National Assembly; or 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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