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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "Three Members of the Minority Side are in that Committee – Sen. Abdul Haji, Sen. Beth Syengo and Sen. Mumma. Where were they when this matter was discussed? Where were these good ideas? Even if you are not a Member of that Committee and you had some amendments that you wanted to be propose, those were your agents. I do not find it neat to let that opportunity go, then we come here and start imputing other things that we could have otherwise addressed then. Indeed, as Sen. M. Kajwang’ has said, as the Chair and the Speaker, I received proposed amendments from Sen. Faki. However, the Standing Orders again are clear on what a Speaker should do, having received an initiative from a Senator on how to amend the Standing Orders. Standing Order No.268(3) provides that- “The Speaker shall, if satisfied that the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) have been met, forward the request to the Procedure and Rules Committee.” In this case, I was satisfied that Sen. Faki’s amendments satisfied Standing Order No.268(1). I referred those proposals to the Procedure and Rules Committee. Now, Standing Order No.268(4) is very clear. It says- “The Procedure and Rules Committee shall, within twenty-one days of receipt of a request under paragraph (3), consider the request and table a report in the Senate containing the amendments proposed in the request and the recommendations of the Committee on each such proposal.” The Procedure and Rules Committee, indeed, considered that matter in its sitting last Thursday. A recommendation was made as per that that particular Standing Order. That recommendation is contained in the Report. There is no requirement, whatsoever, that the Committee is required to summon the hon. Senator for purposes of giving him a hearing before making---"
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