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    "content": "2. Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki - Senate Majority Leader 3. Sen. Moses Masika Wetangula - Senate Minority Leader 4. Sen. Beatrice Elachi - Senate Majority Whip 5. Sen. Johnson Nduya Muthama - Senate Minority Whip 6. Sen. Beth Mugo 7. Sen. Charles Keter 8. Sen. Kiraitu Murungi 9. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo 10. Sen. James Orengo 11. Sen. Janet Ong’era 12. Sen. (Dr.) Agnes Zani Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we all know, today is the first Sitting, signifying the commencement of the Second Session of the Eleventh Parliament. The Rules and Business Committee of this House as at now, requires to be constituted because it expires every Session. It is one of the Sessional Committees of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, without much ado, let me emphasize that it would be critical for this House to deliberate and possibly endorse and approve the Membership of this Committee, because the House depends on it for business. It is the Committee that approves the business that comes to the Floor of this House. Therefore, it will be critical that this Committee be approved today. I want to appeal to all Members to go through the list and, perhaps, give us an approval. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the things that I have noted is that actually both the Senate Minority Leader and I have actually maintained basically the same membership. This is a sign that the previous Rules and Business Committee (RBC) did a good job. We want to ask those of us who will be in this Committee to take cognizance of the fact that this Session is likely to have very heavy and serious business. We expect that during this Session, the Senate will be passing a number of substantive Bills, including amendment Bills of existing legislation. We also expect the Senate to handle a lot of reports during this Session, especially those emanating from the oversight committees and other organs of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to waste a lot of time, but just for clarity, not only has more or less the same team been maintained, but to also reiterate that the same issues of national diversity, gender requirements and all other considerations have been met in terms of the composition of this Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I also want to make it clear that some of the leadership of this House are Members to this Committee. For example, Member Number One, Hon. Ekwee Ethuro, is supposed to Chair that Committee as the Speaker of this House. The Mover of this Motion is also there as the Senate Majority Leader; the same applies to my colleague, Sen. Moses Wetangula and the Whips. According to the relevant Standing Orders of this House which require that as we nominate other Members, we must ensure that each parliamentary party is represented by the Whip of that party. Having looked at all those considerations, namely gender diversity, the need for national diversity, continuity and the need to ensure that those that should be in this Committee by virtue of 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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