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    "id": 1589171,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, every time we come to this House, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) must have sat down, balloted the Motions, prepared which Motions are significant or prioritized and then an Order Paper is prepared. When that Order Paper is prepared and it has a Motion, the notice of Motion will be moved like we did today. Once that notice is given, then there will be debate. There is no question about that. When we say that a meeting or a debate took place, I expected that there would be minutes of the House Business Committee of the County Assembly of Isiolo. I expected that there would be evidence of a notice of Motion or at least one referring that there was a notice of Motion on that day. Nothing has been even mentioned in passing. Let us not disregard the processes we have known, the way we have done things in these Houses and it cannot be different for Isiolo County Assembly. It is the same here in this House and the National Assembly. Let us not debate this matter. Let us agree there was no meeting that took place on 18th June. If there was something else, they would have given us those audio or video clips. They did not even talk about that. I wonder why we are even discussing this matter because it is clear that there was no meeting, even without going to the issue of the court orders. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to disabuse my colleagues of the idea that we are being unfair. No, we are not being unfair and we are not denying anyone justice. Somebody, in the argument, tried to move the idea that we are denying someone justice. What do you mean? When we are moving Petitions in this House, one of the things that you swear to is that matter that is in the Petition - under Standing Order No.235, if I am not wrong - you are swearing that there is no matter pending before court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember very well when our chairperson was Hon. Wamatinga, we went to Uyombo, where there was a nuclear plant that was being proposed to be built. It was a Petition of the honourable distinguished Sen. Okiya Omtatah. When we went there, one of the things we asked the people was if they had taken that matter to court. They said they have---"
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