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    "content": "Hon. Senators, I now wish to draw your attention to Standing Order No.20(4) which provides as follows- “A Senator elected under paragraph (1) may be removed by a majority of the votes of all Senators belonging to the minority party.” A Senator elected under paragraph (1) is the Senator elected as the Senate Deputy Whip. Hon. Senators, accompanying the Senate Minority Leader’s letter are minutes of the NASA Senate Parliamentary Group Meeting held at the Minority Leader’s office on Thursday 20th September, 2018 between the hours 10.30 a.m. and 12 noon. In attendance are shown 17 Members of the NASA Coalition, with seven others listed as absent with apologies. Under Minute 3/09/2018 titled “Position of the Deputy Minority Whip” and under the last paragraph thereof, it is indicated as follows- “The Members unanimously resolved to declare the seat of the Deputy Minority Whip vacant and it was so declared. The Members of the Coalition, therefore, proceeded to elect Sen. Beatrice Makori Kwamboka, MP to the position of Senate Deputy Minority Whip after she was proposed to the position by Sen. Naomi Shiyonga, MP and seconded by Sen. Issa Juma Boy, MP.” Further, attached to these minutes are signatures of 16 Senators subscribing to the resolution to remove Sen. Petronila Were Lokorio, MP and to appoint Sen. Beatrice Makori Kwamboka, MP as the new Senate Deputy Minority Whip. In this respect, the criteria set out at Standing Order No. 20(4) that a Senator elected under paragraph (1) may be removed by a majority of the votes of all Senators belonging to the minority party has been met. I am satisfied that the 17 Senators constitute a majority of the 26 Senators belonging to the NASA Coalition and that all the said Senators belong to the minority party, which in this case is the NASA Coalition. Standing Order No. 20(5) governs what is to happen upon the removal of the Senate Deputy Minority Whip. It provides as follows- “The removal of a Senator from office under paragraph (3) shall not take effect until a Senator is elected in the manner provided for under paragraph (1). Hon. Senators, in light of all these, I, therefore, wish to communicate as follows with regard to the letter forwarded to me by the Senate Minority Leader- I find and hold that on the basis of the letter and the minutes and signatures appended thereto, the criteria and threshold set up as Standing Order No.20(4) has been met and Sen. Petronila Were Lokorio, MP has been validly removed from the office of Senate Deputy Minority Whip and Sen. Beatrice Makori Kwamboka, MP elected to the same position. I thank you. What is it, Sen. Murkomen? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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