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    "content": "Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.5 of 2014), we have reported progress on the Potato Produce and Marketing Bill (Senate Bill No. 22 of 2014) or on the Public Fundraising Bill(Senate Bill No. 28 of 2014). This narrow approach to the procedures and Standing Orders of this House is actually going to curtail progress of business. We have to be liberal. Nothing is cast in stone. I can remind you that in the Seventh Parliament– Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o can tell you – I was in the Speaker’s Panel and I made a ruling. After reflection, I realised I had made a ruling against the Standing Orders and the law. The next day, as the Speaker on the Panel, I came back to the House and rescinded the ruling I had made the previous day. Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o is a witness to this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you may not have made a deliberate mistake. Human beings make mistakes. When you make a mistake, you own it up, retrace your steps and take the right directions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this House is run by the Chair with the Standing Orders, the Constitution and all enabling law. You are not flouting any Standing Order; you are not breaking any rule or law in rescinding the calling of Order No.10 and going back to Order No.9. The reporting of progress was only in relation to one of the Bills under Order No.9. Sen. Adan from the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations could not have reported progress on a private Bill sponsored by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki or Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o. That was only in relation to Order No.9(i). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge you to rescind the calling of Order No.10 and we go back to Order No.9. History will absolve you; I can assure you."
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