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    "id": 1136118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order based on your ruling. As we proceed to have the Mover to reply, you have made a ruling that we are not going to have the afternoon sitting. My concern is that the afternoon sitting of the House was gazetted after the request by the Leader of the Majority Party. Therefore, once gazetted, a sitting of the House cannot be called off unless by the leave of the House. So, we have a properly constituted Special Sitting this afternoon on 22nd December 2021. It is only by leave of this House that a special sitting can be called off. Therefore, I am asking you to reconsider your ruling because Standing Order No. 1 only provides and gives the Speaker the authority to make determination on matters that are not clearly spelt out in the Standing Orders. However, on the issue of the Special Sitting and having been gazetted, you cannot call off a sitting of the House unless with the leave of the House. So, my request is that we have our sitting in the afternoon begin from 4.00 p.m. this afternoon. We have to sit from 4.00 p.m. this afternoon. Two hours is enough for the Committee to consider those amendments. We have two hours from 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. to reconsider all these amendments and harmonise them. Thank you."
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