{"id":544232,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/544232/?format=json","text_counter":249,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2559,"legal_name":"Stephen Muriuki Ngare","slug":"stephen-muriuki-ngare"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not much, but I think it is important. When we were in the Committee Stage, we nearly made a decision that we go ahead with the voting knowing very well that we will lose because of lack of numbers. My sentiment is that as a matter of principle, I do not think that is a good procedure. We, as a House, must resolve that any voting, if we do not have the threshold of 24 Members, then we do not proceed. If the voting went ahead and was defeated, that is a different issue all together. However, we must not enter into voting if we do not have the requisite threshold."}