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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just bringing it to your attention because I also have a lot to say about the substantive Motion. However, on this Motion as moved by Sen. Sang, we are a House of procedures, order and we have Standing Orders. One, we need to remember that we already have a Gazette Notice that has already stipulated two sittings with timings. The second sitting is gazetted to commence at 2.30 p.m. Therefore, the only time that we can move forward the first sitting is between the time it commenced at 10.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and not beyond 2.30 p.m. This is because one is already gazetted. Following what was moved by the Senate Minority Leader that he takes 60 minutes and each Senator contribute for 10 minutes. If you look at the clock now, we have barely between now and 2.30 p.m. two-and-a-half hours. We have 67 Senators in this House. If you allocated them 10 minutes each, those are 670 minutes. So, it is not practical that we can debate this according to what the procedure provides for. There has to be a compromise on reduction of time. We have to acknowledge that it we do not want to interfere with what has already been gazetted. It is not lawful, legal and procedural. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only way forward is for us to be truthful to our own Standing Orders, accept that Motion. So, the only variation would be, how many minutes would we allow for the leadership and the other Members to fit into that time between now and 2.30 p.m."
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