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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "There has been sibling rivalry. When a Bill originates from this House, sometimes you find the same Bill being originated in the National Assembly. These are good provisions. The only thing that I would like to add, is that Standing Orders emanate from the Constitution. They are as good as Law. They carry the same weight as an ordinary Statute because they flow from the Constitution. I agree with Sen. Cheruiyot, the Senator for Kericho County, that it is unfair to bring these amendments at this time. Remember this Report was only tabled yesterday and many of us have not read it. I do not think we have been very good to the Senators because these rules are so critical. Sometimes you can find legislation has been passed but if there is a violation of any Standing Order, they can vacate legislation because certain elements of the Standing Orders were left out or were not complied with. It would have been good to have this report at least a month before the Senate adjourns sine die because of the new provisons like the ones I have seen. We should have started with this report. I remember when the Senate was first convened, not only was the Committee holding meetings, but eventually, there was a plenary of the entire Membership of the Senate to scrutinise the Standing Orders. This plenary was not in session though. Some Senators like Sen. Were – although I am not sure – were there. I know they normally come at the end because the Standing Orders can only be good for amendment for the purposes of the next Senate. In this case, it is the 13th Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, I think because of the importance and primacy of Standing Orders, I for once, feel a little bit aggrieved because I have not had an opportunity to really scrutinise the work of the Committee on Procedure and Rules. In fact, Sen. Wako confronted me when the Senator for Uasin Gishu County was moved to be the Deputy Speaker. He asked me why I had left this out. He forgot that he was a Member of the Committee. Since the rules of the House bind all of us, it is unfair for them to be brought on the last day. I think this is the way people misgovern. I know I should have passed this suggestion to the Committee. This has been done in Parliament before and it happens in courts. When you want to sneak something in, you bring it at the last minute. People will not look at it and at the end of the day, you find you have made a terrible mistake and error that you cannot correct. In the next Session, they will do the same thing and wait. They will live with our mistakes to the end. I am just saying that we go on record, so that nobody would think a lawyer of Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.’s stature, agreed with this without an element of scrutiny. I have no alternative but to support. I have belief in the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker who are Members of this Committee. However, belief alone sometimes is not good enough. Even the Pope is believed but sometimes his work attracts scrutiny, if he is in the orders of managing humanity and particularly managing Members of the House. I support. I have seen some very good provisions here."
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