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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have said, and I agree with you fully, that there is no general proxy nomination. If Sen. Sonko wants Sen. Mugo to vote on his behalf at every vote, she has to be nominated as such, because Nairobi has more than eight Senators. This applies to other delegations. I come to the point that after going through the process that we have gone through in Orders No.s 8 and 9, we are supposed to mount a vote. I want to make reference to Standing Order No. 76, read together with Article 115(4). Which states:- “Parliament, after considering the President’s reservations, may pass the Bill a second time, without amendment, or with amendments that do not fully accommodate the President’s reservation by, a vote supported- (a) by two-thirds of the Members of the National Assembly; and (b) two-thirds of the delegation in the Senate, if it is a Bill that requires the approval of the Senate.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this means that before we go to any vote of the two Orders before us, there must be 24 delegations in the House as we have established. During the Motion of impeachment of Mr. Kiala, the Deputy Governor of Machakos, you may recall that we argued deeply on the distinction between “quorum” and “voting”. The Speaker allowed us to debate and ruled that when it comes to debate, quorum is 15 as provided in the Standing Orders. However, when it comes to voting, the minimum threshold is 24.That was settled in this House by the Chair himself. For us to go to a vote, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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