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    "id": 1488884,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Order, hon. Senators. Now, Hon Senators, we are facing a very unprecedented situation. At the rise of this House at 1.15 p.m. I indicated that upon resumption we were going to hear the Deputy President. Upon resumption when I asked Hon. Paul Muite, SC, to usher in the Deputy President for purposes of presenting him to give his evidence-in-chief, the Senior Counsel indicated that even he was unaware of the whereabouts of his client and he asked for a few minutes to go fetch him, wherever he was. After a few minutes, Senior Counsel, Hon. Paul Muite, came back to the Chamber and indicated that he had gotten information, which he was yet to verify, that his client had fallen sick. He indicated that he needed time to go look for him in whichever hospital he is and that he should be given up to 5.00 p.m. today. The Counsel for the National Assembly in response indicated that this is a time bound process. He referred to Rule 11 of Senate Rules of Procedure that where the Deputy President fails to appear, the Senate can proceed or for exceptional reasons to be recorded, permit a later appearance before the Senate of the Deputy President. Having considered the two sides, my directions are as follows; that we will suspend this sitting and resume at exactly 5.00 p.m."
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