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    "id": 498233,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " It looks like we have to do so because it would be futile to go to the vote without the requisite threshold. I know we can vote and lose the Bill. I think that is what we should do considering that some Members who were here have walked out in the middle of the voting. As I have always said, voting is either way; you can vote “yes,” “no” or “abstain.” Maybe walking out is a vote. In fairness to the Committee that came up with the Bill, it is imperative to defer the voting to Tuesday, 11th November, 2014 at 2.30 p.m. It is so ordered. We are now going to deal with The Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill and we are going to pursue the same route. Hon. Senators, there is a Bill that we still have to deal with and which might go to voting. I would request that you give it a little bit more time. If you look at the Order Paper, Order No.8 on the Public Finance Management Bill, the National Honours (Amendment) Bill and also on the Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill, it would be futile to go into voting now because even as I am talking, Members are walking out which means that we cannot sustain the numbers. So, I am going to defer Order No.8 until such time that the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) reinstates the same on the Order Paper."
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