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    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to, first of all, put on record that I had actually reached out to my colleague and spoken to him over the phone. So, it cannot be that the Committee has not responded somehow. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), on Tuesday, 16th June 2020, Hon. Yusuf Hassan sought a Statement regarding the banning of importation of second hand clothes, mitumba, from the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Implementation. The Request for a Statement was the a statement made by the CS for industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development, on 24th March 2020, banning importation of second hand clothes owing to the outbreak of the global Coronavirus pandemic. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Member alleged that the CS issued the statement amid proposals by the private sector that, the Ministry develops modalities on sustenance and transformation of the apparel and textile industries with the aim of activating the cotton value chain. The Member contested that the action by the CS was in contravention of an assurance given by the CS to the Committee on Appointment during her vetting for the position of CS. During the vetting on Thursday, 20th February 2020, the then CS nominee undertook to support small and medium sized enterprises. It is worthy to note that the assurance and utterances by the then nominee for the position of CS Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development and now holder of the said office, was made in a personal capacity, as a nominee for the position of CS, and prior to her appointment to the position of Cabinet Secretary. As such, it is not tenable for the Committee to exercise its oversight representative mandate, understanding Order No.209 of the National Assembly’s The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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