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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I deputise Sen. Haji in the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations. It seems as if the system is reading based on the place, and not on the card, because I have inserted my card. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the point of order raised by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is very interesting, because he is a Member of the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. This is a matter on which you need to give us direction. Despite the fact that provisions might be in the Standing Orders, we are in a new dispensation since the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010. We no longer have an Opposition in Parliament; all we have are the Majority and Minority sides. This is not because of the handshake, but because of the constitutional dispensation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the leadership of the House, who have specific designated places – not by operation of the Standing Orders, but for the convenience of the House – I would suggest that every other Member be allowed to sit freely. I think there is free sitting in the House; it is just that it has become customary that the Majority side sits on this side and the Minority side sits on that other side. However, there is no such provision. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can see Sen. Khaniri, who is the connoisseur of Standing Orders in this House, looking at the Standing Orders. There is no provision on sitting arrangements; it has just become a tradition since the Eleventh Parliament to date. However, if I go and sit next to Sen. Olekina today, I will not have defected to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). I will be exercising my right to sit anywhere in this House."
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