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    "id": 982277,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/982277/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I support this Motion. At the end of five years, I would be proud to be associated with the positive things that this House will have achieved. We can only achieve that success if the Bills, Motions, Petitions and Statements discussed here are implemented. There is need for us to have an Implementation Committee that will complement the SBC. That Committee will evaluate and follow through what has been discussed here. This is the best time for us to have a retreat because there are so many things that are pending in this House. The National Assembly has passed Bills and they have been assented to yet nobody considers the Bills that we pass here. We should not pass Bills that come from the National Assembly. If those Bills are assented to, we should not consider them as Acts that govern this House. The Senate is facing so many challenges. Hon. Senators are recognised by the Constitution, but they do not get any special treatment yet the unelected people such as the Cabinet Administrative Secretaries get Government vehicles. What we witnessed yesterday was so sad. We should rise up and oppose what we are seeing. The three arms The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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