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    "id": 499042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/499042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "November 4, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 35 The Temporary Chairperson",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, before I put the question, I want to commend Sen. Haji and Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan. Considering the question that I will put forward, we have to take this exercise seriously when tomorrow comes. We can discuss the rest of the issues in our usual manner in the Senate forum that we usually have. We do not erroneously say that there was no quorum, there is quorum. Under the law, there is quorum. We have a right to vote, but there is an agreement we had which is for the well good of the Senate that before we start voting it is good if we exceed half of the Senate, but it does not mean that legally or constitutionally, we could not have voted. We could have done so under the Constitution. We have enough Senators to vote. But we know the consequences of voting when we do not have more than half of the Senators here present. So, it is just for our good that, that decision was made and for progress in terms of serious decisions to be made by the House. I will, therefore, proceed to put the question as follows:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No.139 the Committee of the Whole on the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No.10 of 2014 reports progress and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow."
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