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    "content": "(2) It shall be disorderly conduct for a Senator to fail to record his or her abstention in a division. (4) During a division, Senators shall maintain order in the Senate and shall be in their designated seats and shall remain seated until the result is announced.” Now, “but those present and not voting shall either ---” Yes, some Members were here at the beginning of the Division, but were not on their seats at the time their names were being called out. So, that is a grey area. The determination cannot be binding if the Member was seated throughout. For some reason, some Members find it convenient to be away from their designated seats at that particular time. That is the difficulty that I have, hon. Members. I will consult to find out the reason they do so. The most important point raised by Sen. Hassan which I want to reaffirm is that you have a responsibility to vote whichever way. You can go any extreme of “Yes” or “No”. You can also be in the middle ground. For a Senator, elected by the people or nominated on behalf of those people, not having the courage to pronounce him or herself, then you make the point raised by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. unnecessary that some things are happening because the Senate has not pronounced itself on the equalisation fund. That is the same argument. The expectation is that you are big enough and man or woman enough to state a position on behalf of your delegation and on your own behalf. I will definitely entertain Sen. Hassan in the future exploring more along those lines."
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