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"speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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"content": " Sen. Ongoro, with respect to you and although I heard you quote Sen. G.G. Kariuki and what he said, if you look at Standing Order No.109, you will see that it refers to this matter. I do not propose to stop you because you are raising very important issues. However, yesterday, we had a Motion of Adjournment where this issue was discussed for two hours. Probably, that could have been the actual place to ventilate the issues of national importance that you are now raising. Standing Order No.109 talks about relevance. That does not mean that what you are saying is not important. No! I would be the last person to rule on that issue and say that. However, as the Senate Majority Leader said, we are now dealing with a statistics Motion which you started by saying is clear and does not need an amendment. That is how you started your contribution. That is the question that one has. I heard most Members who contributed on this issue saying that the calendar is important because you can arrange your own diary and know when you will go back to the county or where you represent. They then raised the issues that they would talk about and the importance of knowing that they will be on recess for 46 days because they will talk about security, insecurity, Katiba or whatever else they want. I think this depends a lot on how you couch your entry point of debate to these issues. However, the rule of relevance is there. Although I will not raise it myself, when it comes from an hon. Senator, it is my duty to consider it and give it due consideration and ruling."
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