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    "id": 608064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/608064/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Order, Senators. You can say that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is persisting but he is not because the point he is raising is not frivolous at all. In fact, it is in our Standing Orders and Sen. Khaniri also raised it. I think it is important for Members to acquaint themselves with the issue of voting. This is a very important issue. It is one of the foundations of us being here; voting as delegations. Standing Order No.77(5) says:- “When called out, each Senator shall, thereupon rise in his or her place and declare assent or dissent to the question in the following manner: “I vote Yes” or “I vote No” or: ”I abstain” or use appropriate Kenyan Sign Language.” Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is making is a very important point and I have had occasion to raise it in the past. Voting is a very serious issue. If you say that the entire Bungoma delegation votes YES and we know very well that there is only one person from there, there is strictly no delegation but for Kisii and Nairobi, we have more than one person in that delegation. I do not believe that the correct word is that the entire delegation votes. The assumption is that you are voting on the authority of your delegation and therefore it is either Busia Votes Yes or No or Abstains. For the future when we are voting manually like this, you will remember that Standing Order No.77(5) provides a mandatory way of voting. It is important because it goes on HANSARD."
}