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    "id": 699300,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, Members! I hope mine will not be. This is a small point. Standing Order No.45(2)(c) states that:- “The Senate Majority Leader or, in his or her absence the Senate Minority Leader or, in the absence of both the Senate Majority and the Senate Minority Leader, a member of the Rules and Business Committee designated by the Senate Majority Leader for that purpose shall, every Thursday or on the last sitting day of the week, present and lay on the Table, a statement informing the Senate of the business coming before the Senate in the following week;” I am trying to interpret that together with Standing Order No.19(2) which states that:- “Whenever the Senate Majority Leader is absent or is unable to perform his or her functions; the Deputy Senate Majority Leader shall perform the functions of the office of the Senate Majority Leader in an acting capacity.” I am inclined to agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. that this is in terms of other processes, but Standing Order No.45(2)(c) is very clear. The practice which must have coloured our judgment was that we have the Senate Majority Leader and his deputy working as one office. Secondly, in that particular circumstance, Sen. Murkomen is also a 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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