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    "content": "Hon. Senators, true to the aforementioned Standing Orders, the Order Paper is prepared and published in the parliamentary website and also circulated to Senators via other means on the eve of the sitting to allow Senators with Business to prepare adequately and avail themselves when their respective Business is scheduled. Hon. Senators, lately there have been several cases where Senators are not in the Chamber to move their Bills, Motions and Amendments to the Bills forcing the Chair to defer their business and inconveniencing fellow Senators, particularly in the case of Committee of the Whole where the Sponsor of the Bill may be present yet the Mover of the amendments is absent or vice versa. These deferments lead to some business clogging the Order Paper thus preventing the scheduling of Business by other Senators whose Business is pending. These cases have become more frequent and persistent derailing the legislative mandate of the Senate. Standing Order No. 250 states:- “ (1) A Senator intending to travel outside Kenya whether in an official or private capacity shall give to the Speaker a written notice to that effect indicating- (a) The destination intended to be visited; (b) The dates of the intended travel and period of absence from Kenya; and (c) The email, telephone contact, postal or physical address of the Senator during the period of absence from Kenya. (2) All information submitted under this Standing Order shall be kept in a register which the Clerk shall maintain for that purpose and shall not be disclosed to any person without the permission of the Speaker.”"
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