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    "id": 1044290,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1044290/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "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 hope that as we consult, we are able to go down on record in matters of debate that we give ourselves time to prosecute business that is before us. As I second this Motion, I want to note that the membership of the Senate Business Committee is assigned to certain offices in the leadership, whose names do not appear. That is a matter of standard practice and flows from the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. The names that you find in the list are those of other leaders, including the Deputy Majority Leader, the Deputy Minority Leader, the Whip, and to some extent, some Members who do not have leadership positions to give colour and character to this Committee. This list is the same as it was in the last Session. The reason being that we thought that making any changes at this stage, irrespective of what has happened and we cannot be oblivious of the fact that we do not live in a political vacuum; but to demonstrate that it was desired for whatever reason. Those reasons are positive that all Members had served and some of these Members did not start from the beginning of the last Session. They came in the middle of the last Session. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this being a procedural Motion, I would only ask that the task ahead is going to be intractable and serious in the sense that as you said in your Communication, many Bills have been republished, including some that have been assented to and were rendered unconstitutional by the High Court. 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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