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PARLIAMENT OF KENYA
Wednesday, 17th July, 2013
The Senate met at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre at 9.00 a.m.
PRAYERS
QUORUM CALL AT COMMENCEMENT OF SITTING
Order, hon. Senators! Do we have a quorum?
consulted the Clerk-at-the-Table) I am informed we do not have a quorum. Please, can the Division Bell be rung?
Hon. Senators, you will realise that we still have no quorum. An hon. Senator: Bw. Naibu Spika, si ungoje kidogo!
Si jambo la kungoja kidogo lakini ni kufuata kanuni za Seneti. The rules are clear! I order that the Bell be rung for another five minutes. After that, if we do not realise a quorum, it is mandatory that the House must be adjourned. So, I hope that we will get a quorum in the next five minutes.
Hon. Senators, to me, it appears that we still do not have a quorum. I would like hon. Senators to, please, consider the provisions of Standing Order No.35 properly. It says it is mandatory that after the Division Bell is rung for a further five minutes and we do not raise a quorum, we adjourn. We cannot continue if we do not have quorum.
A Hon. Senators, Standing Order No.35 (2)(a) says:-
“If on the count under paragraph (1) a quorum does not appear to be present, the Speaker or the Chairperson shall cause the division bell to be rung as on a division, and if no quorum is present at the expiration of the ten minutes-
- If the Speaker is in the Chair, the speaker shall adjourn the Senate until the next sitting without question put;” Hon. Senators, the next sitting, of course, is at 2.30 p.m. today.
ADJOURNMENT
The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kembi-Gitura) Hon. Senators, there no being quorum, the Senate is adjourned to the next sitting, today, Wednesday, 17th July, 2013 at 2.30 p.m.
The Senate rose at 9.25 a.m.