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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First of all, let me say that it is unfortunate that we are raising such issues before the Floor of the House. There is a reason that we have Kamukunjis . If I was part of the leadership of this House, I would actually urge that we do not vote but step down this and have a Kamukunji. Hon. Mbadi, do not insist that we vote so that it is thrown out. The reason I am saying this is that, sometimes, we need leadership. We need leadership for reasons that we represent constituencies. Because we represent constituencies, you have said something very important. My colleague here is telling me that he also sits in the Committee on Powers and Privileges where they have only met once. I used to be in the Committee on Powers and Privileges and we met once but I asked him: “Are you in the Committee on Powers and Privileges alone?” and he said: “No”. He is in another Committee. I am not saying the benefits because I am not in any of those committees and so I do not know, but if you benefit in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, and then you do not benefit in the Committee on Powers and Privileges, it is okay. So, the Hon. Speaker actually just caught words from my mouth that, therefore, if per chance people are benefiting for their constituencies and not for their persons or individually, then let us reconstitute all the committees so that those who have been benefiting in the Departmental Committee on Health can leave those who have not been benefiting to benefit. Those who are benefiting in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing can go and serve in the Committee that has been constituted, the one for Catering. Let the ones in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing go to the Committee on Catering. Let those who are in the Departmental Committee on Health go somewhere else if that is the way we want. However, should we want to go that direction, I would request the leadership that we have a Kamukunji because then there are things that we need to say in a Kamukunji. Having said that, I just want to put the record straight. I was in this House when the Budget and Appropriations Committee in the last Parliament was reconstituted and the matter was raised by Hon. Jakoyo. How people got to know is just because of what Hon. Mbadi has said. That whenever the Budget and Appropriations Committee brings anything into the Budget, it becomes very apparent before the Floor of the House because the Report will show Suba North and Suba South. It will show all the MPs in those areas. However, when a Member of the Departmental 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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