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    "id": 992280,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "I am, of course, about to give directions. However, I am aware about the item in question and the kind of content. That notwithstanding, before I give directions, I will request Sen. Kihika and all the other Senators to respect Standing Order Nos. 96 and 97. If you use exceptional words, I will ask you to retract. If you do not then we will apply Standing Order No. 116 and 117, period. Otherwise, having said that, I have noted the statements by Sen. Kihika. It is true that the Speaker’s words should count. It must count and it ought to count at all times. I have made your case better, Sen. Kihika in the process. Very well. I have two things quickly. There was a communication a few minutes to the end of the previous sitting today which was issued by the Speaker concerning changes in the leadership of the Majority party. Before this sitting, I went through the HANSARD. It is true as Sen. Kihika says -and Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot - although they did not use the exact words. It was in the middle of the comments arising after that communication that time elapsed. The Speaker did say that when we resume, on the request of Sen. Linturi, that he would entertain closure of those comments. That is the first point. The second point is that you cannot question or try to defy, when appropriately discussed, the directives, orders, rulings, and communications of the Chair. That would impute very badly against the dignity of our House. The Speaker is the symbol of our institution. Thirdly, on the issue raised by Sen. Wetangula on whether this is a communication or a ruling as supported by Sen. Sakaja, what was articulated earlier today was both a Communication and a ruling. It is a communication because it is a message from a political party of this House. A Communication is normally as one of the Senators - I cannot recall which one – said, the Speaker then becomes a conveyer. He is Sen. Wetangula. I can see him pointing at himself like the lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree that said that if nobody praises me, I will praise myself. He is Sen. Wetangula. I think you are blowing your trumpet. As you told us once, President Amin said you should blow your trumpet because it is yours. The trumpet is yours, so who would you expect to blow it?"
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