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    "id": 1139739,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1139739/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ may have misrepresented issues. Under Standing Order No.30, the business of the House was to come to a close at midnight. It should not have been extended because it was gazetted until that time. What happened is that a few minutes to midnight, there was the issue of Division as regards to Hon. Alice Wahome’s amendment. The Speaker rightly read Standing Order No.30 (5) and said that the House could not rise at the time because there was a Division in progress. Therefore, the extension past midnight was to ensure that the Division was concluded. After the Division was concluded and the vote results announced, the business of the House for that particular day ended. If the House proceeded to do anything else outside that Division, it would have done so outside the provisions of the Standing Orders and it would not have been procedural. Therefore, Hon. Duale is right to say that Hon. Wahome’s amendment was concluded through a Division. After that, the House should have risen as it did. The rest of the amendments should be dealt with starting this morning. If anything was not done that way, then it is not procedural and we have to re-visit it. Please, think about it and give us proper direction. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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