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    "content": "The nominated Senator from Kisii cannot vote if he purports to want to vote without consulting with the other Members of the delegation from Kisii. He cannot do that according to the strict reading of the Constitution. You may need to consider that. Secondly, there is the issue of “designation” as used in the Constitution. This Constitution wants a proper record. By dint of this Constitution, Presidential decisions cannot be recognized unless they are in a written form. You cannot create a precedence where in the middle of a debate, somebody walks with a letter from the streets and says that I have just been given a letter. A letter like that must be properly deposited in the office of the Clerk or in the office of the Speaker. It must be authenticated to prove whether the signatures are correct and to confirm with the Head of the Delegation. Finally, the only other thing that I want to add is that in this institution called Parliament, there are some traditions which have never died. I know that Parliament is the only institution in the country which starts on time. Even in the KANU days, they used to start on time. When it comes to 6.30 p.m., it happens on time. When it comes to the ringing of the bell on Division, when we say ten minutes or less, it shall be those two or three minutes. There is no negotiating about one or two minutes. We are not in a little market, trading horses or cabbages. I would want to appeal to you to keep this great tradition of Parliament like ringing of the bell. They may seem like ordinary, but they are part of a great tradition that keeps this institution to be what it is."
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