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"content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion. THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 98 (4), the Senate resolves that each speech in a debate on a Bill or Report of a Committee, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament, be limited as follows:- A maximum of sixty (60) minutes for the mover in moving and thirty (30) minutes in replying, and a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes for any other Senator speaking, except the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader who shall be limited to a maximum of twenty minutes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Motion is relating to Bills and Reports of Committees whether they are from this House or the Joint Committees of the Senate and National Assembly. The Motion is proposing that the Mover of a Bill will be given a maximum of 60 minutes or one hour to move his or her Bill, the Mover of a report of a Committee, whether a Committee of Senate or a Report of a Committee of both Houses will also be given 60 minutes and 30 minutes to reply. Then the Senators who contribute are given 15 minutes for each Senator except the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority who shall be limited to 20 minutes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am comfortable with the proposals here except again, and I hope this does not irk further Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the 20 minutes for the Majority and Minority Leader, subject to your exercise of discretion which you have exercised so judiciously and I must thank you. I am very impressed with the way the Chair has graciously exercised its discretion because that is to help this House function but not to try and stifle debate and business. It is to help the House discharge its responsibilities. Having said so, I also want to say that the reason why we are of the opinion that the Majority Leader and Minority Leader require a little bit of more time, for example, when there is a Bill before this House as we hope soon, we will have the Community Land Bill or on Agriculture, you expect, from the majority side and the minority side a concrete input, to use the words of Sen. Murkomen, from both sides. This touches on policies and how that function, especially in this era of devolution is going to synchronise both at the county level and at the national level. So, you expect serious policies that will help the majority side and the minority side to drive home what they stand for in agriculture, land and mining among other things. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me from Sen. Khaniri. He is engaging me with gestures, noises and yet he is the master of Standing Orders. He is the one who complained when the Senate Majority Leader did not bow at the appropriate place. However, he is gesticulating, shouting and doing other things. 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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