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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Motion for the following three reasons. Reason number one, the Senator for Mombasa, Sen. Faki, wrote two letters to the relevant Committee to consider amending Standing Order No.195, which talks about the membership of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. In his argument, Sen. Faki gave comparative jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia, all of which fall within the Commonwealth. His argument was that statutory instruments originate from the Government of the day. The duty of the Committee on Delegated Legislation is to oversight and confirm that those statutory instruments have stood the test that has been prescribed by the Constitution. This was a very reasonable request by Sen. Faki, and it was supported by the signatures of 18 Senators. However, the Committee did not invite Sen. Faki to explain himself and give the background to that proposed amendment. It is unfair for a Member to go out of his way and get 18 Senators in support and make such elaborate arguments and then that matter is dismissed without a hearing. The second reason I oppose this Motion is that it attempts to amend Standing Order Nos.22 and 23. If it is not broken, do not fix it. Who complained about Standing Order Nos.22 and 23? We have spent almost one month in this House fighting and telling the Speaker to communicate on the changes in the leadership of the Minority side. This amendment is making the Speaker a player in the process. You are saying in this amendment, that the Speaker shall verify the correspondence received. What is verification? Is it to check whether the signatures are correct? Does the Speaker have the capacity to do that? The Speaker is becoming a player in political party issues. It then goes further to say ‘and deliver a Communication to the Senate within three sitting days’. A deliberate plot to allow people to go to tribunals, the High Court and the streets to seek all sorts of recourse to frustrate whatever is happening in the House. I oppose the amendment to Standing Order Nos.22 and 23. This is because in the records of the Report of the Committee, nobody complained about it. Why are you fixing something that is not broken? Why are you bringing the Speaker to be part of the decision-making of coalition leadership?"
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