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    "id": 1006257,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am sure that Members are aware that we have indicated, from both sides of the House, the Majority and the Minority that we want to make some changes. Some of these changes are occasioned by removal of some Members from committees, where some were chairpersons while others were vice-chairpersons, and some changes will be made on the membership. But this can only be possible if the Committee on Selection can execute that job very well. So, Hon. Speaker, when we looked at the composition of the Committee on Selection, we saw that there was need to change the membership of this Committee. I was looking at this Committee and wondering aloud how it was constituted. All the same, we have had it, having Hon. Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga, Hon. Khatib Mwashetani, my friend Hon. Faith Wairimu Gitau, Hon. John Kiarie Waweru, Hon. William Kisang, Hon. Robert Githinji, Hon. Paul Mwirigi and on my side, Hon. Nicholas Tindi Mwale and Hon. Catherine Wambilianga. This was a Committee that was not going to serve the interest of the changes that we want to make in this House. So, these Members are to be removed and replaced accordingly with other Members. Therefore, there is no other justification. We are just enabling this Committee to do the task that is ahead of it. If we do not replace these Members, the task that we are embarking on next week will be sabotaged. That is why both the Majority and the Minority… The worst team was from the Majority Side. But from the Minority Side, we also had two Members who obviously had to be changed. The House should agree with us because we are embarking on a very serious matter of making these committees function properly. As I second, I want to ask the Members who are joining to come with open minds and let us reform and make changes in the committees. Some changes will be very painful, but the duty calls and we have to do it. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second."
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