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    "id": 844163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, this is Communication No.44 of 2018. It deals with the question of rescission of a decision of the House relating to the Joint Report on Alleged Importation of Illegal and Contaminated Sugar into the Country. As you would recall, on Thursday 9th August 2018, this House rejected the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on the inquiry into alleged importation of illegal and contaminated sugar into the country. Soon thereafter, there arose allegations and counter allegations that a section of Members of this august House had allegedly been influenced to vote in a particular manner on the said Report. This has since prompted some Members to seek my leave to approve a Motion to rescind that decision with a view to either allowing the House to reconsider the matter or establish a select committee to undertake a fresh inquiry. For clarity, I will address the two issues separately, that is, the request to rescind the decision of the House on the relevant Report and the question of alleged bribery of Members of this House. On 14th August 2018, my Office received a letter from the Member for Mathare, Hon. Anthony Oluoch, certified as ‘very urgent’, on a notice of intention to request leave of the Speaker to allow for fresh inquiry into alleged importation of illegal and contaminated sugar into the country. The letter was premised on the provisions of Standing Order 49 of the National Assembly Standing Orders . For avoidance of doubt, the said Standing Order reads: 49. (1) No Motion may be moved which is the same in substance as any question which has been resolved (either in the affirmative or in the negative) during the preceding six months in the same Session. (2) Despite paragraph (1) – (a) a Motion to rescind the decision on such a question may be moved with the permission of the Speaker. (b) a Motion to rescind the decision on a question on a Special Motion shall not be allowed. Hon. Oluoch’s letter raised the following issues requiring the Speaker’s guidance: (a) Whether question has same meaning as Motion in terms of the Standing Orders. (b) Whether the window provided in Standing Order 49(2)(a) may be applied on a decision on a report of a committee of the House. And if yes, whether the parameters of the contents of the report may be varied. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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