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    "content": "This is in reference to the National Land Commission. That is in order, but it is my opinion, as I stated earlier, that what we discuss here and forward, either to the relevant Committee, and by extension finds its way as a policy statement, can form the basis of a complaint that can then qualify for the Land Commission to act. Otherwise, in all honesty, we have Commissions, departments and Ministries dealing with everything that we will be discussing in this House. If we limit ourselves not to discuss something because there is a relevant Commission that is mandated to discuss it or because there is a Ministry whose mandate is actually supposed to take care of health, then really we should not have even discussed the Motion on health. So, I still want to think and encourage you that we are operating within our mandate. Further to that, when we make reference to our Standing Order No.46, on the amendment of Notice of Motion, I still want to confirm to you that the amendment was forwarded procedurally. It states very clearly:- “The Speaker may permit a Senator to move in amended form a Motion of which notice has been given if in the opinion of the Speaker the amendment does not materially alter any principle embodied in the Motion of which notice has been given.” I believe that in debating this Motion, the amendment that has been forwarded, in my opinion, as stipulated by the Standing Order, does not materially alter the base content of the Motion. Senators, in debating, I also want to make a further statement that a debater may always draw parallel, give relevant input or talk on a different subject, but which in his opinion, has a bearing on the matter being discussed or by extension either directly or indirectly has a connection, relevance or ripple effect on what is being discussed. So, I think that we are within our mandate. I will now propose the question of the amendment as proposed by Sen. Ndiema, by deleting the words “over the last 20 years appearing in the first line and replacing them with the words “since 1895.”"
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