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    "id": 825175,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "(2) Except as the Speaker may otherwise allow, a Member may not ask a Question which— (a) is in effect a speech; (b) is lengthy; (c) is limited to give information; (d) is framed so as to suggest its own reply or to convey a particular point of view; (e) includes extracts from newspapers or quotations from speeches; (f) contains any argument, inference, opinion, imputation or ironical or offensive expression or epithet; (g) seeks an expression of opinion; (h) repeats in substance a matter already addressed by a Committee of the House or in the course of debate in the House during the same Session; (i) refers to more than one subject; (j) includes the name of a person or a statement not strictly necessary to render the Question intelligible; (k) contains an allegation which the Member is not prepared to substantiate; (l) implies an allegation of a personal nature or which reflects upon the conduct of a person whose conduct can only be challenged through substantive Motion or upon the conduct of any other person otherwise than in that person’s official or public capacity; (m) relates to a matter which is sub judice or which by any written law is secret pursuant to Standing Order 89 (Matters sub judice or secret); (n) falls within the functions and powers of county governments as contemplated under Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution; (o) seeks a reply that is readily available in ordinary works of reference or official publications; (p) refers discourteously to a friendly country, a Head of State or Government or the representative in Kenya of a friendly country; or (q) refers to a matter under consideration by the House or a Committee. (3) A member shall take responsibility for accuracy of the facts upon which a Question is based. (4) A Member may, with leave of the Speaker, ask a supplementary question to a Question raised in the House before it is referred to a Committee for reply. (5) Where the Member scheduled to raise a Question in the House is absent without the Speaker’s approval, the Question shall be dropped and no further proceedings shall be allowed on the Question during the same session. (6) The Speaker may defer a Question to a different time or day from its scheduled time and day. Basically, these are rules on questions: brevity, how it is framed. This had been explained very well by Dr. Nyikal. It is basically rules on how questions will be done. Thank you."
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