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    "id": 715977,
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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 appreciate my screen is full but there is also something called being repetitive and that all of you are on the same topic. The topic is to allow the Committee to finalise the report and bring it so that Members can debate with the benefit of the report. The second matter from the ventilation of the Floor is about effecting Article 99(1)(b) of the Constitution which was raised by Sen. Khaniri. Sen. Khaniri, if you look at the Bill before you on Page 253, Section 22 of the Elections Act, 2011 is amended in sub section 1 by deleting Paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph 8(b) which says that in the case of a Member of Parliament holds a degree from a university recognised in Kenya and in the case of a Members of a County Assembly holds a degree from a university recognised in Kenya. So, in terms of the qualifications in 1(b), that is what that section is referring to. So, it is very relevant to the title. To the matter before us, this is my determination. Standing Order No.129 states:- “First Reading Every Bill shall be read a First Time without Motion made or question put.” That is what we did on 28th December, 2016. We committed it to the joint Committees. Ordinarily the Committee has 30 days. I directed that time the Committee to have finished its work on 3rd January, 2017 and submit the report on 4th January, 2017 for us because the session should have been yesterday not today. At the presentation by the Committee and in consultation with the political leadership, we agreed to give them one more day on account of the fact that the 1st and 2nd January, 2017 were public holidays. That argument had a lot of merit and was carried to today. 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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