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    "id": 1340497,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1340497/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Farah. Hon. Members, to put this matter to a close, I want to bring your attention to Standing Order 87(1), which says: “Neither the personal conduct of the President, nor the conduct of the Speaker or of any judge, nor the judicial conduct of any other person performing judicial functions, nor any conduct of the Head of State or Government or the representative in Kenya of any friendly country or the conduct of the holder of an office whose removal from such office is dependent upon a decision of the House shall be referred to adversely, except upon a specific substantive Motion of which at least three days’ notice has been given.” This Standing Order goes on to say, in paragraph (4), that no Member shall impute improper motive to any other Member or to a Senator except upon a specific substantive Motion of which at least three days’ notice has been given, calling in question the conduct of that Member or Senator. I will skip paragraphs (5) and (6) and move on to Standing Order 88 on retraction of remarks and apologies. Standing Order 88 says that a Member who has used exceptionable words and declines to explain and retract the words or to offer apologies for the use of the words to the satisfaction of the Speaker shall be deemed to be disorderly and shall be dealt with in accordance with the rules pertaining to disorderly conduct. Hon. Members, it is my finding that the words that imputed mental incapacity or mental unwellness on the part of Francis Masara were out of order. We shall wait for the Member concerned to give an apology at the time when he will be in the House. In any case, that particular part of the Hansard should be expunged from the Hansard record."
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