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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have a Communication relating to discharge of a Member from a Committee. Standing Order 176 provides as follows: “(1) A parliamentary party may discharge a Member from a Select Committee after according the Member an opportunity to be heard. (2) A parliamentary party whip of the party that nominated a Member to a Select Committee shall give notice in writing to the Speaker of the intention to discharge a Member from a Select Committee. (3) The Speaker shall, within three days of receipt of the notice under paragraph (2), inform the Member of the notice.” In this regard, I wish to report to the House that my office is in receipt of a letter dated 25th September 2020 from the Majority Party Whip notifying that the Jubilee Party has discharged Hon. David ole Sankok from the Select Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity where he has been serving as a member. Having perused the documents through which the Jubilee Party transmitted the decision to discharge the said Member, I am satisfied that the process leading to the discharge met the requirements set out in Standing Order 176. Accordingly, the discharge of the said Member takes effect immediately. The House is invited to note the provisions of Standing Order 173(3), which provides as hereunder: “A vacancy occasioned by resignation or removal of a Member from a Select Committee shall be filled within 14 days of the vacancy.” The affected Member and the House are accordingly advised. I thank you."
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