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    "id": 1161030,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. Omogeni is losing the real point he is making by trying to pander to politics. The Standing Order 100 is clear about statement of fact. You cannot say that the CoG had a proposal that is different from IBEC. Who makes up IBEC? Under Section 187 of the PFM Act, it is chaired by the Deputy President, the Cabinet Secretary Finance, a representative from the Parliamentary Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and Commission of Revenue Allocation, the Chairperson of the Council of Governors is there plus the 47 the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) of finance from each county in the country. You have 49 members representing counties and 304 from the national Government. Why would you want to blame the Deputy President and lose the entire argument you have been making because of politics? We need to be fair. On the Statement of fact, there is no counter proposal from the CoG. The same Standing Order 100 (1) states that- ‘(1) A Senator shall be responsible for the accuracy of any facts that the Senator alleges to be true and may be required to substantiate any such facts instantly.’ If he is unable to substantiate it, he needs to withdraw it. Let him substantiate what CoG proposed and how it was countered. Otherwise, he is pandering into politics and making inaccurate statements in the Senate. Further, Standing Order 100 (2) states- ‘If a Senator has sufficient reason to convince the Speaker that the Senator is unable to substantiate the allegations instantly, the Speaker shall require that such Senator substantiates the allegations not later than the next sitting day, failure to which the Senator shall be deemed to be disorderly within the meaning of Standing Order 116 (Disorderly conduct) unless the Senator withdraws the allegations and gives a suitable apology, if the Speaker so requires.’ Standing Order 116 has repercussions. It is not right to throw around figures. Give us the document showing what the CoG proposed and where it was countered or you just withdraw the statement."
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