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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Enough! Order, hon. Members. Order! Order everybody, including the Sergeant-at-Arms. Order! Sen. Cherargei, please get this clearly; that we can excuse all the jokes, prejudices and funny things that we do, as Senators and leaders outside this Chamber. However, what we cannot allow is to perpetuate some of the things that do not align to our standards and procedures in this Chamber, in the glare of the millions of people who watch the proceedings of this House through the internet, not only in Kenya but in other parts of the world. Indeed, somebody told me two weeks ago about how they were watching the proceedings of this House from an aircraft while travelling from Europe to the Far East when they were airborne. That is how serious what we do here is. Therefore, I will not be that Speaker who allows the House to degenerate into a place where we can perpetuate things that will lower the dignity of our institution. Sen. Cherargei, I warned you because we had this discussion yesterday. Now, it is not about you and individual Members, male or female, but about you and the House. I would like to draw your attention to the Standing Orders No.116 and No.117. Standing Order No.116 is on disorderly conduct, which has quite severe consequences. That disorderly conduct includes when a Senator creates disorder, as you are doing. You are creating disorder by provoking unnecessary points of order, contests and raising emotions. You are creating disorder. This is an orderly House. Sen. Cherargei, I invite you to not only look at the punishment that goes with creating disorder, which is in paragraph (ii) of that Standing Order, I also invite you to look at Standing Order No.117, which relates to gross disorderly conduct. I am of the view that unless you are curtailed, the direction you are taking in the last two days is taking us to the application of Standing Order No.117. This gross disorderly conduct includes defying a ruling or direction of the Speaker or the Chairperson of the Committee. In other words, we gave some guidance to you yesterday on this sensitive issue, which you appear to be trivializing. I also invite you to look at Standing Order No.117(1)(h), which states:- “A Senator commits an Act of gross disorderly conduct if the Senator-"
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