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    "id": 1034731,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I wondered whether you have assumed the role of the House or some junior judge. You behaved well as a legislator and Chair by bringing that additional Report by way of an addendum which incorporates some of the things you said. I know that, sometimes, the media in Kenya is too intrusive. If they just hear a discussion, they immediately report that, that is what has been directed. I can confirm that the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, who was then the Chair, did not direct that. The media assumed that, that was what was happening. Today, if the House approves your Report, it will become the direction of the House through the Committee. So, Hon. Kiarie, there is nothing wrong with this Report being moved. It is up to you as Members to read through the Report and make a decision one way or the other. Remember you are at liberty to amend it, to vote for it or to vote against it. You have been given such wide ranging powers. Member for Dagoretti South, if you think the Report is inconclusive, start lobbying your colleagues. Using me will be giving me a power that I have been specifically denied in Article 122 of the Constitution. I will be voting and I am not supposed to vote. I have no vote. It is one of those things that I keep reminding us. I do not vote. You are the people who make the laws, but when somebody wants to challenge those laws, the first respondent is me; the person who has no vote. On this one, Hon. Kiarie, you will have to vote yourselves one way or the other. Vote for or against, indeed, including amending any of the recommendations if you have grounds. The PIC in exercise of its mandate under the Standing Orders will also make their Report. There will be nothing wrong if they come with a Report that is different from this Committee’s Report. If that happens, you are in the same House and you will be at liberty to say this is not in agreement with what we passed earlier, and make what you may out of those recommendations. You cannot say that one committee has to sit and wait until the other committee finishes. The other committee is dealing with a Report from the Auditor-General. I am sure this Committee was not dealing with the Report from the Auditor-General. So, it is perfectly in order. Therefore, I direct that the Report be moved, but in the amended form as approved. Let us have the Chair or the Vice-Chair, whoever will move. If I may guide the House; remember that there are various Motions that you always approve at the beginning of every Session. They are limited to a maximum of two-and-a-half hours. It is almost 4.00 O’clock. Two hours hereafter, you should have completed debate on this - that is by 6.30 p.m. Proceed."
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