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    "id": 1019859,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to give some clarity to this issue because of the statements that are being made. At a particular time, just like Sen. Omogeni, Senior Counsel, when proceedings were in the Supreme Court, nobody even bothered about the outcome until he came here to tell us what the outcome was. If you ask anybody what the outcome of that case was, I think it is only Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who in certain conversations that we had with the Treasury when they were misquoting the judgment of the Supreme Court, who was able to point out to them that they were reading the wrong section of the decision of the Supreme Court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to urge Members that with the kind of interest that we show on some of these matters--- When the matter comes in court, and there are many lawyers here, let us not allow Sen. Omogeni to be the only person who is appearing in court. I have not been appearing, but it is Sen. Omogeni who is there religiously trying to determine what is happening in court. I would like to invite Members to come to court tomorrow. I think it is an important day in court. As regards the question of withdrawal, in fact, if you look at the proposals, which came from the National Assembly, they wanted the Senate to withdraw the Petition that it had filed in the High Court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are aware that there was resistance to a move towards the withdrawal of that Petition. That is the position. What is being discussed at the moment is a consent order in which the National Assembly, through their Speaker, has accepted that Article 110 (3) of the Constitution is mandatory. He has gone further to say that we need to amend the Standing Orders of the Senate and the National Assembly. This is because according to the National Assembly,"
}