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    "id": 993039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, you will recall that at the Sitting held on 5th May, 2019, during the Division on the Report Regarding the Implementation Status of the Resolution on County Governments’ Infrastructure Projects, Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura rose on a point of order and sought the guidance of the Speaker, on the matter of the voting procedure in the Senate. He claimed that he was in receipt of a concern that the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader were voting on behalf of Senators and that if that was the case, then there was the possibility of Bills from the Senate being rejected by the National Assembly. Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura further asked why Senators, who were present in the Chamber could not vote, even when the minimum number of delegations required to carry a matter in the Senate had been confirmed to be present. This was in the context of the further Guidelines for Senate Plenary and Committee Sittings During the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation that I issued on 17th April, 2020. The Guidelines provide as follows – (1) On a day when a Plenary sitting is scheduled to be held, in order to facilitate the smooth processing of legislative business that is before the Senate, in addition to the Senators designated by the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader as attending the Senate sitting in the Senate Plenary Chamber, a Senator shall be considered and reckoned to have attended and to be present during the sitting if the Senator - (a)has come to the precincts of Parliament for purposes of the sitting; (b)is at the Senator’s office within the precincts of Parliament; and, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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