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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We need some clarity in this matter. If you were here in the last Senate, there were people like Professor Anyang’ Nyong’o, who were dressed in this kind of attire, and issues arose. He was allowed to dress in the category of dressing which the Standing Order that you read categorises as religious attire or such other dressing as may be approved by the Speaker from time to time. Where we are getting it wrong is that we should go back to the rulings that the Speaker has made, which has made it possible for Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura to dress without a coat and a tie, and he has been able to attend the sessions here; because that is ceremonial dressing. In the National Assembly, for a long period, people like the late hon. Anyona and hon. Koigi Wamwere never wore a tie, coat or jacket. The ruling should be consistent; we need to go back and look at it. In any case, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have to review this issue of dressing. If you go to the House of Commons now, the Knesset in Israel and the Parliament of Tanzania, people do not put on ties. We are being overly conservative, which is not quite right. Even in our law courts, we dress better than the English. In the English Supreme Court, they do not wear the robes and wigs that we wear. This is a relic that we should review, but be conscious of the fact that many people have dressed like Sen. Madzayo has in this particular Senate, and in this Chamber. We need some consistency. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I request that when you retire, go back to your chambers and look at the previous rulings on the question of dressing, so that we are consistent."
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