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    "id": 895043,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/895043/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "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": "If the Senate is inclined towards taking action like the one taken by the last Senate, then count me in because we are protecting the authority and mandate of the Senate. It is not about us. A100 years from now, people will realise that there were Senators who fought hard to make sure that the Senate plays its primary role. I remember a case in England between the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Monarch, who had powers and authority as head of government and legislature. There was a time when he wanted two Members of the House of Commons to be arrested. He went to the House of Commons and demanded that the two Members of Parliament be handed over to him. If those Members were handed over to the king, they would have ended up in the Tower of London and would have been executed. However, the Speaker stood his ground and said that he had not seen the gentlemen that the king was asking for. He said that; „I do not see them‟ though they were in the House. Sen. Sakaja once raised a point of order that no person should be between a Senator who is contributing and the Speaker and that point or order may have emanated from those times. The Speaker needs to know what is happening in the Chamber. He should know if the Members feel safe when working in the Senate Chamber or in the precincts of Parliament."
}