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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson has gone through Order No. 9(i) and we have sought leave to report progress. We still have Order No. 9 (ii) and (iii). We seem to be leaving Order No.9 to go to No.10. I have gone through the Standing Orders and there is none that prohibits this House from seeking leave to report progress on a sub-order of an order and moving on to another sub-order from (i) to (ii). This House is guided by the Standing Orders. Standing Order No.1(2) says:- “The decision made in paragraph (1) shall be based on the Constitution of Kenya, statute law and the usages, forms, precedents, customs, procedures and traditions of the Parliament of Kenya and other jurisdictions to the extent that these are applicable to Kenya.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have consulted the Clerks-at-the-Table and they say that there is no precedent to this kind of procedure. However, precedents are so because they are set. We should start by setting new precedence in our procedure. Precedents are not so because they are old. You can always set a new one. I urge that we set a new precedence; not by going to the next Order, but by going back to Committee stage. I can see Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki and Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o are here. We can go through their Bills in the Committee and then either seek leave to report progress, as the case may be, or stay them for the vote tomorrow or next Wednesday. This is so that we can be systematic and productive in an orderly manner. I beg to move the Chair that we go back to the Committee stage, so that we can deal with suborder Nos. (ii) and (iii) in Order No. 9."
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