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    "id": 732901,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "The Senate has adopted a good practice on quorum, which we ought to copy. The law stipulates that quorum is 50 Members. My understanding of that requirement is that when you make a decision by voting, you must have at least 50 Members. My concern is buttressed by the fact that when we begin business even this afternoon, half of these Members will walk out. How is it possible that we can transact business when there are three Members in the House, but we cannot begin business when there are three Members in the House? I have thought about it. I have addressed my mind to this issue. The business of this House requires interested Members, except for voting. That way, and going into the future, we will cover a lot of business. I have been here in the recent past, when we would wait for 10 or 20 minutes without quorum. It is not good use of public time and our time as legislators. It is crunch time for most of us. As we move to the next two months, the issue of quorum will be arising a lot. I want to bring to your attention what happened in the last Parliament. When we were passing the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, we sat here until midnight, and the number of Members was wanting for about two months. Even when we passed some of the Bills to occasion the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the numbers were very few, but we were the interested Members. Some Members got so interested until they are no longer here. Examples are Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Hon. Amos Kimunya; Hon. Martin Ogindo and Hon. Koech of Mosop Constituency. There is good fodder for your technical team to look at. The work of this House must mirror the joblessness in the next House. They will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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