30 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, is it in order for the distinguished Senator for Nairobi City County to continuously refer to you as Mr. Temporary Speaker instead of Madam Temporary Speaker? I think he is out of order.
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, the communication by the SBC is timely and important. I agree that we need to have a way of doing business in the House. I think we should go by Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s proposal. The SBC should listen to this.
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Sometimes we have issues of topical concern. There is a proposal that Statements should be raised only on Wednesdays, but there could be an issue of topical concern on Tuesday. Going forward, when a Statement is not of topical concern, the Chair should allow one or two Senators only to ride on it. I know that riding on Statements had been banned in this House.
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Secondly, the Chairs of committees should liaise with the respective Senators who seek Statements. Some of us have interest in specific agenda items on the Order Paper. Sometimes Statements go up to 6.30 p.m. and it is hard to comment on some business.
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
I welcome the proposal by the SBC. I can see the Senate Minority Leader and others in the leadership. If we want to expedite legislation process, they should call for a
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
through the Speaker’s Office, so that we discuss in order to be on the same page. It is not good for the SBC to sit and tell us how the House should be run, yet we are supposed to make decisions together. Therefore, we should have a consultative approach.
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
I encourage the Speaker’s Office and the House leadership to be consulting, so that we are on the same page because there are people who imagine that Statements are much more important than Motions. Others think that Bills are much more important. The SBC should have listened to our thinking before coming up with this proposal. However, this will ensure efficiency in terms of running of the business of the
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
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29 Sep 2021 in Senate:
House. I agree that we need to be more efficient and effective, so that we deliver on our mandate and ensure that we process Bills, Motions and Statements in a timely manner.
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