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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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    "content": "There was also another Member following the meeting. She was very busy and good. Noting the age of the Member, a child who must have been a daughter participated in the meeting. As a Committee, we said that is where a non-Member or a stranger got into our meetings as we progressed... Another Member went into speaking in vernacular without knowing that she was actively being followed. We thought that, that was unparliamentary language and so forth. So, there are quite a number of things that will have to be considered once this is passed. The basic issue we are trying to achieve in this Motion is to amend our Standing Orders to keep up with the times. It is good. We did not decide to go into specifics like, maybe, going to a certain service provider. It is because even Parliament can decide to have a tailor-made service for Members. There are a number of other issues that came as a challenge. The greatest challenge is the issue of voting. It is not very difficult to get into a virtual meeting, but it is difficult first to have a fully virtual meeting. It is not very tidy because there are issues of quorum and so many other things of that nature. Again, we must maintain the august House. We must maintain the National Assembly as an Assembly so that, if we decide that we want to do everything virtual, maybe, we will lose out on that one. For example, this morning, there were issues among Members on what happens in other Houses in the world and probably even within the Republic where one Member can decide to vote for other Members. Those are issues that must come in. We must be alive to the Constitution that we passed. As we progress on this one, there are a number of issues that will come up, but I know this House and yourself are up to the task. We will manage this process. Subject to the adoption of this Report and the accompanying amendments to the Standing Orders, the Committee, led by yourself will, as a matter of necessity, create guidelines. We want to know how Members will approach those virtual meetings. Will they, for example, have to dress like they are supposed to dress formally in Parliament? It was the feeling of the Committee that they should be formally dressed so that they are uniform. The Members who are in the meeting and those who are following virtually should be dressed in a similar manner. It is important for the House to know that the Committee recommends a hybrid system that combines both physical and virtual proceedings, especially in matters that are related to substantive legislative business of the House. In all jurisdictions that we looked at, none of them has gone completely virtual. There is always some element of having to participate physically by Members. The fewer the Members, 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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