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    "id": 723437,
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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 No. 39(1) gives the sequence of business of the House. However, Standing Order No.39(2) says; “Business shall be disposed of in the sequence in which it appears in the Order Paper or in such other sequence as the Speaker may, for the convenience of the Senate, direct.” I have directed that the sequence be such that Sen. Omondi gives a notice of motion. The matter is spent because she has already done. Actually, I am also going to revisit some other orders. There were papers to be laid and Sen. Nabwala was not ready. If she is ready now, I will allow her to lay the papers. Sen. (Dr.) Zani also had a Statement to seek but did not do so as it was awaiting approval in the Clerk’s Office and has since been approved. I personally feel that these rules are made for the convenience of the house. If it is not convenient for you or for any other Senator, I do not see why we cannot do it in such a way that it is convenient to all of us. It is therefore a question of convenience. It cannot be a stringent rule which inconveniences everybody just because an order has been dealt with. That is why Standing Order No.39(2) talks about the convenience of the House, as the Speaker may deem fit. I am deeming it fit to do it that way for the convenience of the House. I reckon that if I had disposed of the matter and said it is done away with and cannot be revisited, I cannot recall it. However, I had not disposed of any of those matters if I can recall clearly. I believe that clarifies the issue for you, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Standing Orders are referred as such so that they can make work in the House flow in a manner that is convenient to everybody. Standing Orders cannot be made to inconvenience people. Sen. Omondi is seated here and she took time to draw a Notice of Motion. Although she is a few minutes, I did not find it inconvenient to ask her to give the notice of Motion. I do not think that you have been inconvenienced."
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