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    "id": 386734,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, while we are verbalizing and contributing - because there is no Motion that has been proposed. We are just verbalizing our opinion on this. For the very reasons that were advanced by the hon. Senator for Mombasa, the Senator for Busia is absolutely right. I think it should be remembered that in accordance to the Standing Orders, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader are not necessarily representing the Government in place. They represent the Majority and the Minority. You can find circumstances where the Government is neither in the Minority nor in the Majority depending on the results of an election. So, you may find circumstances where the Mover of the Motion is not the Majority Party Leader or the Minority Party Leader. However, because they represent parties which are very important tools in the processing of the business of this House, they may very well want to speak on the Motion. So, if this amendment is predicated, to some extent, from what the able Senator from Mombasa advanced, then what the former Attorney-General, Senator for Busia, is proposing has some merit. However, if you want to take the objective situation as it is at the moment, the reality is that the majority leader represents a party which is in Government. Therefore, Sen. Kajwang may be right that if we leave the Senate Majority Leader out after the full stop, we should leave the Senate Majority Leader out and have the Senate Minority Leader being mentioned in cognizance of the objective situation because I cannot foresee a situation where there could be another Mover other than the Majority Leader. If the Majority Leader has acceded to another person in his party to move that Motion, then he would have to comply with the rules of the debate and would not speak twice on any Motion. He should not be given an extra 20 minutes or additional time since he has acceded his time to another person from his party. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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