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    "content": "PROCESSING OF STATEMENTS IN THE SENATE Hon. Senators, I have a further communication to make. As the hon. Senators will recall, at the sitting of Thursday, 10th May, 2018, during the Order on Statements, Sen. M. Kajwang’ rose on a point of order, stating that he had observed that since Senate resumed its sittings from the recess on 8th may, 2018, whenever the Order on Statements was read, the Speaker had been calling out the names of the Chairpersons responsible for issuing the statements listed on the Order Paper, but the Chairpersons had not responded and neither the Chairpersons nor their Members had given any indication on when the statements would be issued. Sen. M Kajwang’ urged the Speaker to take action on Chairpersons and to give strict notice on them in order to ensure that they issued all scheduled statements. Sen. Wambua also rose on a point of order in support of the matters raised by Sen. M Kajwang’. Sen. Wambua stated that he too had observed the trend on each day on the Order Paper, a long list of statements that were due for issue were set out, but at the end of the day, only two or three Chairpersons were available to issue the statements. The Senator urged the Speaker to call the Chairpersons to order. Sen .Olekina while speaking on this matter suggested that there was need to enhance the capacity of Chairpersons to address such statements that were before the respective Committees. Hon. Senators, having noted the concerns of the Hon. Senators and the issues they had raised, I undertook to issue a communication on the way forward on this matter. As you are aware, statements have featured in the Standing Orders of the Senate since the commencement of the Eleventh Parliament. Statements are presently provided for under Standing Order No.46 of the Standing Orders of the Senate. Standing Order No.46(2) provides four categories of statements:- (a) A statement made by a Senator on the county issues or an issue of general topical concern. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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