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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mukomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has raised has also troubled my mind. We said the reason why voting has been delayed was to facilitate consultation. However, I have one problem which is legal. The Standing Orders, the Constitution and all the other supporting laws do not give us an alternative legal framework that allows a Bill to be withdrawn before voting. It is in the Second Reading; I thought the most sensible thing for the Mover and the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, for Sen. Madzayo, was to allow the vote to be done, it goes to Committee Stage where the amendments are done. I am saying this because there are only two options. Even if the consultations are done and we say that the Bill will not be withdrawn, there is no mechanism for that. The only stage where there is a mechanism for withdrawal is at the Committee Stage where the Bill is changed completely. At this stage, the Bill either collapses or it is passed to enable it be amended based on the consultations. There is no instrument for returning it back after it has been read at Second Time."
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