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    "id": 874599,
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    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, before we go to the next Order, I wish to seek your guidance and direction on a matter that seems to be evolving too fast, namely, proper dressing in the House. In the recent past, we have had religious dressing and some that are not and you have been asked to make rulings on them. In the 10th Parliament, I tried to stretch to the limit the Speaker’s attention on that matter. I was rushing from the High Court and there was no time for me to change. I walked into the Chamber dressed in my collar, flaps, gown and the wig. I remember Members raised objections and said I was not properly dressed. I tried to defend myself by saying that I had just come from a law-interpreting organ to a law-making organ and that I was properly dressed. I was told that I was not properly dressed. I was allowed to sit during that afternoon, but was told not to come to the House dressed in court attire. My learned friend, Hon. Otiende Amollo, from the recent past, seems to be creating a custom. He comes into the Chamber in a collarless shirt without a tie looking smartly dressed. Hon. Speaker, I want to ask you to make a direction whether this is proper dressing or not."
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