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    "id": 1064958,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I do not want to repeat some of the issues that I had in mind but have been raised. I will dwell on simple issues. One is voting threshold. You are aware that this being a popular initiative, Article 257(8) of the Constitution gives us thresholds as to how we will vote in this House. It is by a majority of Members of each House. Considering Covid-19 guidelines and only 112 Members are allowed to sit in this Chamber, I wanted to know the measures you may have put in place to ensure that a majority of Members are able to contribute and for how long we are going to debate this Bill. Is it just in this sitting that ends in a few minutes and tomorrow the whole day? Are we going to proceed with debate beyond tomorrow to allow as many Members to contribute? You appreciate our numbers and the 15 minutes each Member has to contribute. Two is on the threshold in voting. As much as it is provided as a majority of Members in each House, I would want you to guide us on what constitutes this majority. Is it a majority of the Members that will be present on the particular day of voting or is it the 112 Members that will be in the Chamber? Are we voting electronically?"
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