{"id":597761,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/597761/?format=json","text_counter":222,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":440,"legal_name":"Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen","slug":"kipchumba-murkomen"},"content":"(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the matter partly because the push came from the Speaker who is an institution. So, among other factors, the push was from the Speaker’s office; that, the Speaker will be engaged on an official function on Friday and since his deputy cannot sit, among other considerations, and of course the timing for the Committee---. Therefore, those were the considerations. As I have said, the House can decide to meet when it wants to."}