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"content": "First, I want to thank the Senator for Kericho County for raising this matter and, equally, the Senator for Siaya for offering an explanation. However, with hindsight, and those of us who have been here from the last Senate have had a lot of frustrations and fights to find the footing and relevance of this House within the constitutional order of this country. We have gone to court in the last session and made some milestones in the Supreme Court advisory. I want to urge the leadership - because they lead the House and the entire House is the client of Sen. Omogeni and the other lawyers that have gone to court - that given what we have gone through--- In fact, if there was any intention to file a consent tomorrow, it should be deferred, so that if any such consent is entered, it must bear in mind--- We need to see the draft amendments of the Standing Orders of the ‘lower House’ that have been an embedment to these processes, so that we satisfy ourselves that, in fact, that amendment is within the letter and spirit of the consent we are entering. If there is any change in our own Standing Orders, we need also to satisfy them in the same manner. Then, and only then, should we consent to anybody going to file a consent on our behalf. Mr. speaker, Sir, you remember that we had a serious Kamkunji, where everybody spoke and everybody’s opinion was taken on board before we walked all the way to Milimani Law Courts. I sympathized with some of our colleagues who had difficulties walking. However, we still reached there - like the distinguished Sen. Omanga."
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