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    "id": 1168012,
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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I agree with Members that the procedure of amending the Standing Orders needs to be established. Maybe we should have a kamukunji, so that everybody is aware and can participate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you made a communication around mid-2021. You communicated to the House that the process of amending the Standing Orders would start. That was announced in this House and everybody was invited to give their submissions. Some Members actually gave their submissions. What was being discussed and collated by the committee was part of what arose from that Communication from the Chair. I had mentioned something about the contribution from Sen. Cheruiyot. Timing remains an issue. Do we want to do it before we know Members well? Maybe midstream would be better. However, we will leave it to Members of the Thirteenth Parliament to choose the most appropriate time to do it. However, that should not stop us. I mentioned about four amendments that took place. We had an amendment in 2018, another one in 2019 and the last one in 2020. It did not stop us from introducing some amendments to enable us proceed. I will leave it at that but we should look at the timing. However, the Speaker made an announcement in time. Maybe some Members did not know. Two issues have been raised here. We have the issue of the East African Community (EAC) that was raised by Sen. Wako. It came to the Committee where we discussed and left it for the next group. That was a suggestion. We looked at the pros and cons and financing of various committees and it appeared---"
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