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    "id": 401245,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/401245/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Technically, you cannot read Standing Order No.51 (3) in isolation to Standing Order No.69. This is because when the Senate is to vote on any matter other than a Bill, the Speaker shall rule on whether or not the matter affects counties. That is the sole mandate of the Speaker. You cannot rule or purport to rule that it affects counties. So, the Speaker will have to rule on that. Standing Order No.69 (1) and (2) reads:- “When the Senate is to vote on any matter other than a Bill, the Speaker shall rule on whether the matter affects or does not affect counties. (2) The Speaker’s ruling under paragraph (1) shall be made after conclusion of debate on the matter but before the question is put.” I need to rule on whether or not this affects counties. Then, before I put the Question, if I say that it affects counties, that is when a Senator can then make an application, under Standing Order No.51 (3), which you have referred to. But we cannot conclude debate and then proceed to invoke Standing Order No.51 (3). Hon. Senators, under Standing Order No.69 (3), it is my ruling that the Motion that we have just gone through, and has been replied to, affects counties. Before I put the Question, Sen. Gwendo, you may now put it what you wanted."
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