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    "id": 956656,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "We will also leave a better legacy by doing things in accordance with the law all the time. Although this thing has happened, this is not the last you are going to hear about what has been done in terms of backdating this legislation. We have one of the best Senate Committees on Finance and Budget that I have seen in the recent or even distant past. We have men and women of honour in this Committee. When I saw Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud pained by what has happened to his product--- He was not a very happy man but we have got to live with it. I remind the Senate that if we look at the Lancaster constitution; the way devolution was killed was by little things happening at the beginning and within a year, the Senate was gone. The National Assembly is trying to say that we do not matter; yet they know we cannot have an Appropriation Act before you pass a Division of Revenue Act (DORA). That is a constitutional framework which is written in black and white. Mr. Speaker, Sir, somebody is trying to validate not only an illegality but an unconstitutional act which is even more serious. Next time, we are impeaching a governor--- you remember we have had impeachment proceedings before this House where governors were being impeached by acting contrary to the Constitution. The National Assembly is able to act contrary to the Constitution and there is nothing we can do about it. I think this is a disgrace and the President should think about this very seriously. We know his legacy is very important but when he puts his hands on something which is invalid constitutionally, I begin to worry about governance in this country."
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