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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, while the Chair appreciates the resourcefulness of the Senators and all that information, I do not think we should really continue engaging in this course. I just want to dispose of a few issues. Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki raised the issue about determination of the requisite numbers before the vote is taken. He made reference to the previous practice. My recollection is that, that was done at that time because that Constitution required that before you vote, especially on a constitutional amendment, you needed to determine that you had the requisite number. Now the current Constitution does not have that provision. So, we cannot do so. What I have seen Senators do is that they do their own sale policy by looking at the members present and determining whether that number can reach the magic number. For example, last week you saw a request to defer the voting by about 30 minutes. Previously, you have seen voting on Motions being deferred to the following day or even another week. That is really for the Senators to determine. But in terms of where I sit, that is not for us to determine. The only determination I have is that at the beginning of the sitting, we must determine that we have the requisite quorum. That one, we always do faithfully, just as I do the prayer. The one of Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Orengo and Sen. Haji, the details are really immaterial here. I think the most important thing is the points being raised in terms of observing that particular Standing Order. So, that will be very useful information for your Chair to make a more substantive consideration of this particular Standing Order. I really want to thank Sen. Khaniri for being quite extra vigilant in the way we enforce some of these things. Although as he said, he would easily have suffered the same fate because he also raised the same issues once we had concluded with the divisions. But issues are more important than maybe the form. Let us proceed to the Motion. Sen. Wangari, do you want to contribute?"
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