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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am rising on a totally different issue. First of all, allow me to thank you, the House leadership and all the people who have been working round the clock to ensure that, despite very difficult circumstances, the House is able to operate and transact business and to ensure that we are able to carry out our mandate under Articles 94 and 95 of the Constitution. I wish to make a request to you for a ruling, which I have captured in a letter, in relation to the extent to which Members may be able to carry out their legislative mandate that is contemplated under the Constitution and the Standing Orders. I am talking about the interaction and the delicate balance that needs to be struck between House business and the prioritisation of Government business that comes to the House and business that is generated by ordinary Members. Hon. Speaker, about 80 per cent of the businesses we are engaged in, as a House, is Government business. However, Articles 94 and 95 of the Constitution and the Standing Orders, contemplate that all Members, in their corporate and individual capacities, are able to participate in legislation. As a practitioner in the legislative corridors, in trying to do this, I have found out 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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