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    "id": 1168995,
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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": "It is wrong for a s ine die Motion to be treated as a procedural Motion. I want us to borrow from what happened in the other House when they were adjourning Sine Die . Very important speeches were made. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you made a very wonderful statement today, which had to do with the reasons we are adjourning s ine die. I am talking of the achievements of the Senate and the business we have transacted in the last five years. It would be unfair to have one hour, all of us, to discuss this very important Motion. On this day, I want to be understood by the people of this country. I need to do a summary of the five years that I have been here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, thanks to you, Sen. Olekina, had the opportunity to address the House briefly. I propose that we alter the Calendar of the House and meet on Tuesday, 21st June, 2022, so that we have an opportunity to discuss the Motion for the adjournment of Parliament sine die . Originally, the typed copy of my Motion reads 2.30 p.m., but under Standing Order No.1, I seek your indulgence that we should meet at 10.00 a.m. and at 2.30 p.m., so that each Member is not given three minutes. Each Member is entitled to about five minutes. There are a lot of things that are happening in this country that are bedeviling the nation. I do not want to go home to Siaya County without talking about some of those problems and anticipating what we can do as a Senate, which is, adjourning because we have not dissolved. We can be recalled at any time if there is business. However, without taking too much time on this, I believe this move is justified. I ask Members to support me and we adjourn until Tuesday. The other thing that it will prove is somehow people believe that we are going on adjournment because we have been told to go. Who is telling us that we should go? We can meet next week or during the elections. The fact that Parliament is on until a new one is elected and sworn in is to enable it to work throughout. The Executive and Judiciary is working throughout. Why should Parliament adjourn sine die? As the elected leaders and representatives, if there is an emergency or something that we need to talk about, we have to have special procedure to come back. I understand why we should adjourn sine die, but we should take it out of the notion. This is because people fought to have these provisions in the Constitution; that this Parliament is on until a new one is elected. In the United States of America (USA), sometimes they meet beyond the elections. I hope that we do not have the notion that some other power is deciding when we come or go. This is a matter within our own authority and jurisdiction. We will tell the nation that we do not have to go home, but only when we elect to do so as representatives of the people. I beg to move and ask the Senate Majority Leader to second."
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