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"content": "Hon. Members, as your Speaker, I am enjoined to uphold and protect the Constitution and the Standing Orders of the House. This calls for ensuring that any proposed legislation for consideration by the House accords with the requirements of the Constitution. I am persuaded that the Division of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2019) offends not only the spirit of the Constitution, but also the customs and traditions of this House and other comparable parliamentary jurisdictions which Standing Order 1(2) obligates me to abide by, in making any decision in respect of a matter that is not expressly provided for in our Standing Orders. Hon. Members, it is the duty of the Speaker to guide the House with respect to business before it. Having addressed the question of origination of a Division of Revenue Bill, it is, therefore, my finding that the motion for Second Reading of the Division of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2019) was, indeed, improperly before the House."
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