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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Sorry for that hiatus. As you will realise, I have allowed a lot of interventions. Points of orders are normally procedural issues; they should not take a lot of time. What has happened this afternoon is that the Point of Order by Sen. Cherargei raised extremely weighty and complex constitutional and legal issues. The interventions and observations that arose from that point of order, from all the Senators that have spoken – including the Mover of this Motion – have even brought out the complexities in greater details and manner. It will be some form of injustice to, in a cavalier manner, dispose of this matter without looking at all these aspects so that this House can help the country move forward and help devolution. I have a lot of regards for the other arms of government. We could even help courts, because they do not have the monopoly of knowledge, to try and understand, because we are the lawmakers. They just interpret what we make. We can, therefore, help them to understand the mind of the lawmakers, so that they can help this country interpret the law. I have accordingly consulted with the Mover of this Motion. Having listened to all the Senators who have spoken – whom I thank profusely – had some consultations with the Mover, I direct that we proceed as follows. First, I direct that because Motions are"
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