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    "id": 581087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What Hon. Ochieng is asking you to do is to set a precedent for this House. Indeed, you and this House are standing in a special time in the history of Kenya. You are implementing Standing Orders made under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. I am glad that you have noticed that Standing Order No. 62 has a lacuna. There is a lacuna because a proper reading of this Standing Order will reveal to you that the issues under discussion are so weighty that the Standing Order says you will ask for a further vote only within five days and not instantly. Yesterday there was a lot of pressure on the Bill by Hon. Lelelit. However, you stood your ground and said you would not allow another vote immediately. You were right when you did so. In these circumstances, what was happening was that the House was dealing with a very serious issue. A Bill to amend the Constitution is not a small matter. That is why within the Constitution and Standing Orders, there is a special mechanism for dealing with such Bills. There is a procedure for passing those Bills and taking the count. Still, we must see how to implement Standing Order No. 62 without adverse effect on any of us or anything else. What we are being asked to do, which in my view falls within your purview, is to guide the House on what we need to do, not just in respect of the appeal by Hon. Ochieng, but even in amending our Standing Orders, so that a weighty issue like the one we are dealing with now is addressed with the seriousness it deserves."
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