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    "id": 484337,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the distinguished Senator for Kericho County has raised a very important issue. For a Motion or Bill affecting counties to go through, those that do not require what I ordinarily call a “noisy vote”, “Ayes” or “Nays”, where we require a division vote, for it to go through, we must meet the threshold of 24 voting for it. But for you to go to a vote, you require the quorum of 15. If, for example, if we go to a vote, like I know we are going, all you require to have are 15 delegations in this Chamber. Those who are agitating to send that gentleman home must bring 24 Senators to vote “Yes”. Those who vote “No”, even if we were 24 delegations, which is half of our numbers and the half voted differently, then the Motion would be lost. So, we are properly constituted. We have a proper constitutional quorum meeting the requirements of Standing Order Nos.34 and No.36 and the Constitution. Nobody can challenge or impute the vote we are about to have because we are voting within the context of the legal instruments that established us."
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