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    "id": 793300,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The aim of abstaining the morning sitting on Wednesday 2nd May is because in the afternoon of that day we will be having a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament for the State of the Nation Address by the President of the Republic of Kenya in accordance with Article 132(1) (b) and (c) of the Constitution of Kenya. In this regard, there will be need to clear the Chamber in the morning to allow the Clerk and the other State agencies time to prepare for the debate. This is a routine Procedural Motion which is made on such occasions. On Wednesday afternoon, we will have the joint sitting. The Clerks of both Houses and other State agencies must have an opportunity to prepare the Chamber; to make sure the Chamber is ready for that occasion, a very important occasion in the parliamentary calendar. The second part of that Motion is for us to hold two morning sittings, starting with tomorrow Thursday, 26th April 2018. As we sit this afternoon, the Budget and Appropriations Committee is receiving recommendations from the various departmental committees. So we want to give an opportunity to the Committee to table their report tomorrow morning to consider the Supplementary Estimates II for the year 2017/2018. This is after the Budget and Appropriations Committee has consulted with various departmental committees in keeping with the requirements of Standing Order 235, which is titled “Presentation of Budget Estimates and Committal to Committees.” Next week on Tuesday will be a public holiday and Wednesday will be the State of the Nation Address. So we are going to lose those two days. The only day remaining before we go for the long recess in the month of May is Thursday the 3rd. That is why we felt that we have a sitting on Thursday the 3rd, in the morning, to consider and complete the Appropriations Bill (No. 2) Bill in all the three stages. Secondly, to discuss and note the President’s Address to Parliament, which the Standing Orders obligate the House to deal with for three consecutive sittings. So we can start on Thursday morning and afternoon and also deal with the Supplementary II Bills in all stages. We also want to use tomorrow and next Thursday to finish with the Computer and Cybercrimes Bill, 2017, which is very important, so that as we go on recess, those people who use…. You have seen what happened - I do not know whether it is true - to the Deputy Governor of Kirinyaga in Kakamega. It is unacceptable. I do not know why he just allowed hooligans to ask him questions. He should have fought like a man. I was shocked. Like Hon. Wamalwa said, when I got that video, I locked myself in the bedroom so that my kids could not see what I was watching. The first thing that came to my mind as a pastoralist is that this guy is not man enough. There is something called self-defence. There is a man who represents Maendeleo ya Wanaume. I am looking for him. That one is not part of us. He does not belong to some of our pedigree. Those guys look like thugs and hooligans. The police cannot say they are not aware of that. They must investigate that matter and the root of the matter should be…. If it is a leader who has played around with integrity, he should be told. If it is about extortion rings and thuggery, we should also know."
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