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    "id": 1225494,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Article 122(4) is very clear on the voting rights of a Speaker even in committees. When you retire to make a decision, you have to consider Article 122. The matter that is contained in the report is very substantive. It alters the affairs of this House in a big way. Our own Standing Orders No. 271 is very clear on a matter that is very substantive and affecting the two Houses on how it is being handled and I will read. Standing Orders No. 271 states- ‘Whenever the Speaker of a House of Parliament is of the opinion that an amendment to the Standing Orders of one House is likely to substantially alter the orderly conduct of the business or affairs between the Houses of Parliament, the Speaker shall, jointly with the Speaker of the other House, cause the respective committees dealing with the matters related to Standing Orders to jointly consider the amendments and to propose a version of the amendments that is agreeable to both Houses and report to the respective Houses.’ Madam Temporary Speaker, looking at this Report, it was not done by a Joint Committee of Parliament but was done singly by the Senate. We have a violation of Article 98 of the Constitution because the amendments contained in this Report is fundamentally going to alter the composition of the Senate."
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