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    "content": "The Senate Minority Leader, more or less, demanded that the changes be communicated at that sitting alleging that failure to do so portrayed badly on the part of the Speakership. Arguments in similar vein were advanced by Senators Ledama Olekina and Sen. Godfrey Osotsi, who also sought the immediate Communication by the Speaker on the matter. On the other hand, the Senate Majority Leader and the Deputy Speaker, speaking to the point of order raised by the Senate Minority Leader, urged caution, asserting that while it was the prerogative of the Senate Minority Leader to communicate changes in the leadership of the Minority side, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 of the Senate Standing Orders, it was necessary that the Speaker be accorded time and opportunity to consider the contents of the Communication received and to make a reasoned determination on the matter. Senator Abdul Haji, who also spoke on the matter, drew the attention of the Senate to the fact that the Jubilee Party, which is a member of the Azimio One Kenya Coalition, had written a letter to the Speaker regarding the matter on the proposed changes to the leadership of the Minority side and sought a ruling by the Speaker on the matter, having also considered the correspondence from the Jubilee Party. Hon. Senators, by way of background, by a letter Reference SEN/SML/1/2023, dated 14th February, 2023, and received in my office on the same day, the Senate Minority Leader communicated to the Office of the Speaker the decision of a meeting of the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Parliamentary Group meeting to make certain changes in the leadership of the Minority side. The letter, states as follows, and I quote-"
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