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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "It is never done that way. I am calling the Question for the second time. Surely, it means the first time you were not here. The first thing you do is apologise to the House for coming late because the House sits at 2.30 p.m. I also want to encourage Chairs of Committees, if you appoint a sitting time to be 9.30 a.m. or 10.00 a.m. let the Chairperson be there at 9.30 a.m. or 10.00 a.m. If you do not realise quorum after 30 minutes adjourn the meeting. There is no need of keeping witnesses waiting because Committees are supposed to be a microcosm of the plenary. We sit here at 2.30 p.m. and when we have to sit in the morning it is at 9.30 a.m. without fail and the Speaker is always there in the Chair. It is the bell that is rung to tell Members that we do not have quorum. So, it cannot be the opposite in committees that the chairmen are told: “Please, Chair, do not come. We are waiting for quorum to form.” No! Be there. If there is no quorum just adjourn the meeting. That way, we will know which Members are serious and who want to be present in committees so that we can encourage the Leader of Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and the Whips to throw out those who do not want to attend. Let them be taken out. I am sure they can go and do other things. Committees are suffering a lot because of this thing of lack of quorum and not sitting in good time. We are receiving a lot of complaints from witnesses who come and wait for one hour or one-and-a-half hours before committees form quorum. The membership is so high. I do not know why it is that... It does not give a very good picture of the committee or even the entire institution of Parliament. Hon. Kiarie, you have come now."
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