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    "id": 917014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
        "slug": "junet-sheikh-nuh"
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    "content": "The issue I want to bring to the attention of the House is that the Constitution only recognises one leader of the majority party and one leader of the minority party. Article 108(1) expressly states and I quote: “(1) There shall be a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority party.” The use of the singular reference cannot be interpreted in any way or stretched to accommodate any creative legislative imagination. The Constitution says there is only one leader of the majority party and one leader of the minority party. There are those who are masquerading in the corridors of Parliament claiming to be Leader of the Majority Party and Leader of the Minority Party in the Senate. Their mandate is based on what? The Constitution says we only have one leader of the majority party and one leader of the minority party. This, according to my understanding means that under Parliament, we must have leadership and anybody who is a leader in the Senate must report to the leaders of the National Assembly. The Leader of the Majority Party in the Senate must report to the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly and the Leader of the Minority Party in the Senate must report to the Leader of the Minority Party in the National Assembly. That is what the Constitution states."
}