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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to argue with you, Chair, but the only point I was making is that when it comes to my own understanding of the procedures of this House; when it comes to the position of the law and the regulations, that is the work of the Chair assisted by the Clerks to guide the House. But nevertheless, I am still the lawyer that I am, my own understanding is that the report of the Committee must be submitted to the House within 10 days and a decision made thereon. That is the way I understand it. A decision has to be made thereon within ten days; you cannot elongate it. We know that the rule around Special Sittings is that the agenda has to be exhausted the same day. For those two reasons, the business has to be exhausted the same day. Finally, I plead with my colleagues with a lot of humility and accommodation because the idea is not to acquit a governor who might be guilty by maybe precipitating lack of quorum, but I see a contradiction here. The Senators who are saying that they want a sitting on Friday because they will not be available on Saturday - and the business of the Senate takes precedence - are the same ones who are saying that the inconvenience caused on the Speaker of the Senate is inappropriate. They are using the same argument about availability to reject the suggestion for Saturday. My plea is that we should do justice because the whole country is watching. We do not want to be seen like people who have made up their mind on something; we want to be judicious. If Friday is not a normal sitting day of this Senate, so is Saturday. If we have to sacrifice Friday, we have to cancel certain commitments outside this Chamber, and the same applies to Saturday. I plead with this House for the reasons I have given, especially the reason of affording the party involved a judicious inquiry, facilitated by a quality report that is well analyzed by the Committee and internalized by Senators for debate. I plead that we proceed in the manner which was communicated by the Chair this afternoon. I rest my case."
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