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    "content": "Well. Hon. Members, like I said earlier on, I will not deal with the issue of who is the Leader of the Minority Party in the other House. But, I will issue a Communication which maybe for the benefit of all Kenyans, should be issued from the Chair as well as from the administration dealing with that issue because the Standing Orders are very clear - the issue about how the seat of a Member becomes vacant. Article 103(1)(b) states as follows: “...If during a session of Parliament the Member is absent from eight sittings of the relevant House without permission, in writing, from the Speaker, and is unable to offer satisfactory explanation for the absence to the relevant Committee.” I wish to confirm that I have received some request for leave of absence from two Members. One is unwell. The others may be doing the things you have just been describing, but I do not know. I have not yet looked at the record, but I think your request for that register being made public, if you look at the same Constitution, it says Parliament shall conduct its affairs in the open. Indeed, your request is not without foundation. It has a constitutional foundation. Therefore, I will be laying it bare in the Communication. Of course, the Member who is dosing next to you will recall, many years ago, there used to be that practice of Members doing what they used to call “technical appearances”. So, I may not deal with that aspect of appearances but, of course, the requirement we have in the current Constitution was not there. Therefore, the request about making the record public is a good one. It also shows we are doing our affairs in the open."
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