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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to support the sentiments that have been made by Sen. Orengo, Sen. Murkomen and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale without repeating, over and above that, with regard to the specific issue of Members of this House not discussing matters that are before Committees. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request that you take a bit of time and give us an articulate ruling in your characteristic style because unless a Member of this House is a Member of a certain Committee, the nature of our business does not allow the rest of us to know what is before a Committee. So, that is the first hindrance. Some Senators here are probably Members of one Committee. Others do not belong to any Committee like yours truly. That is the first limitation. The second limitation is with regard to the thin line between commenting on matters that are before this House or a Committee and commenting on the merits of a report. If you gag us too much, we will have nothing to say over the weekend. Like Sen. Murkomen said, the demand is very high. The moment you land in your county, the first question you encounter is what you are doing about this or that. So, the issue is that, we cannot discuss the merits. However, telling us that we cannot comment simply because a Committee is looking at a matter, that becomes a bit difficult. 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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