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    "id": 768919,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 28 (2) and 29 (4), the Senate resolves to alter its Calendar for the First Session, in respect of the Fourth Part, in order to proceed on recess from Friday, 15th December, 2017, instead of Friday, 8th December, 2017 and to resume on Tuesday, 13th February, 2018 in accordance with Standing Order 28(1). Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to spend a lot of time debating this matter except to give reasons. We should have proceeded on recess as from tomorrow but we have the election of Members to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) that will take place between 13th and 14th December, 2017. You will give us the exact communication, whether we will vote on 13th or 14th December, 2017. The Committee that is vetting the Members who will serve is working hard. They had a meeting today and they will have another one tomorrow. That exercise is important. We have delayed the operationalisation of the EALA. I was in Dar es Salaam over the weekend and our team is playing football today with the EALA team. However, there is an absence of selected Members of Parliament because Kenya has held the constituting of the EALA. It has been delayed because Kenya has not done what we ought to do. This exercise is important. Instead of Senators proceeding on a recess and then be called back, the Rules and Business Committee deemed it fit that we postpone our recess until next week. In any case, we will only come back here on Wednesday next week and Thursday, considering that Tuesday is a public holiday. I beg to move that this Motion be adopted by this House, to postpone this recess, to alter the Calendar of the House so that we can undertake a very serious and important responsibility of national importance. I ask the Deputy Majority Leader to second the Motion."
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