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    "id": 771814,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/771814/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 247, the Report of the Procedure and Rules Committee (PRC), laid on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 14th December, 2017, be approved. The Report of the Rules and Procedure Committee seeks to amend the Standing Orders to separate Energy, Roads and Transport Committee into two committees which are; the Committee on Energy and the Committee on Roads and Transportation. It also seeks to split the Committee on Education and Information and Communication Technology into two committees which are; the Committee on Education and the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology. This is a straightforward Motion and I do not wish to say much. Suffice it to say this is to ensure that the Senate is able to track the concerns that are raised in the various Committees, for example, the Committee on Energy and so on. This is a big committee. In future, when Kenya will become a developed petroleum sector, we will have a Committee on Petroleum and a Committee on Energy. The same applies to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) because of the specialization of ICT in different sectors, particularly due to the question of current debate on reforms of education, the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) in the county levels, among others. It is necessary that we separate these committees. This is also a non-partisan Motion which had already been debated by the Senate Business Committee (SBC) and approved therein by the Rules and Procedure Committee (RPC). I, therefore, want to invite the Senate Minority Leader to second."
}