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    "id": 833144,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
        "slug": "junet-sheikh-nuh"
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    "content": "More importantly, I want to speak to the Communication that you made today. It is very important for this House and those Members who care. Being in Parliament is a process of learning for the five years that you are here. You learn every day from the Speaker’s Communications, the Standing Orders and the Constitution. Today is a classic example of how Parliament conducts its business in terms of voting. Hon. Speaker, we did it very well because you are in the Chair. When a Member tables a constitutional Bill, as you said well in your Communication, he must know at the back of his mind that he requires 233 Members during the Second and the Third Reading stages and 31 Members in the Second and Third Reading stages in the Senate. The President’s Memorandum, as you said, requires a simple majority to pass, but you require two-thirds to negate it. When the first Question is put, the “Ayes” can have it. In the second round when the numbers are counted, if there are 200 Members like we were today, the “Noes” will still carry the day because you do not have the numbers to negate it. I implore the new Members - because they learnt these processes during the last term - to take their time to learn how those things are done in the House. Singing and praising the Lord and making all kinds of noises will not help on the Floor of this House. What counts is the numbers. How many numbers do you have to pass your Motion or Bill? I congratulate you for your Communication today. I want that Communication to be given to every Member so that they can read and understand it. If people do not know English, we can translate it into Kiswahili. If you do not know Kiswahili, you can learn it in your vernacular. This is so that when you come here, you know how voting is done in the House. With those few remarks, I support."
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