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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): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 98 (1), the Senate resolves that the debate on the Motion on the Presidential Address shall be limited to a maximum of three sitting days with not more than fifteen minutes for each Senator speaking, excluding the mover in moving and replying who shall be limited to thirty minutes in either case and that the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader shall be limited to twenty minutes each. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, similarly, this is a Procedural Motion. We are trying also to cut on the time that each speaker takes. This Motion deals with the debate on the Presidential Address to Parliament. It reduces the time for debate to three days. Secondly, it provides that every Senator speaking will take 15 minutes and the Mover of the Motion can take 30 minutes while moving and 30 minutes when replying. Lastly, with regard to the Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader, each might take 20 minutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have thought that the statements that my brother Sen. Wetangula made, would have been made in respect to this Motion or, perhaps, even the next Motion. This is because we had discussions with him on this issue. We felt, for example, with regard to this specific Motion, that when the President addresses the nation, he talks about broad issues of policy, legislative agenda and what his Government wants to do. For the Senate Majority Leader, one would have expected more than 20 minutes because it is at that point that he would be able to bring down the Presidential Address in terms of legislative agenda. When we discussed, we felt that 20 minutes is a bit constrained. That is one area that we thought somebody could bring an amendment. 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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