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    "id": 581070,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/581070/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order Nos. 62, 72 and 1. Yesterday afternoon, this House expressed itself on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that seeks to move the election date from August to December. I rise to appeal to you based on a ruling you made yesterday on a related Bill. The voting on that Bill went as follows: 216 Members voted in favour of the Bill and 28 Members voted against it. Standing Order No. 62(2) states as follows: “Notwithstanding paragraph (1), whenever a Bill or a special Motion, the passage of which requires a special majority in the Assembly, fails to obtain the required majority in the “Ayes” but the “Noes” have not numbered at least one third of all the Members of the Assembly, the Speaker may direct that a further vote be taken on the particular question, and the further vote shall be taken within five sitting days from the day the first vote was taken.” The application of the foregoing Standing Order would easily lead you to a conclusion that this is one of the Bills that would merit your intervention in terms of exercising your discretion to enable this Bill to be brought before the Assembly for a further vote."
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