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    "id": 1097680,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097680/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, you may advice the Members shouting that I am on a point of order. I know the Member for Gem is new in this House, but it may have taken him a bit longer to learn that when one is on a point of order, you allow them to finish their point of order, then you will be at liberty to raise the issues that they will be raising. I, therefore, want to beg that you give us direction on the following: one, whether we should be using our committee to go on fishing expeditions. Two, how do committees and their chairs conduct themselves? In the words of T. J. Kajwang’, can a Chair of a committee act suomoto, that is, on their own motions? It could be on matters that the House will not benefit from or matters it cannot interrogate with a report not being tabled before it! I wish to ask that you also consider directing the two committees: the Departmental Committee of Finance and National Planning to table a report inquiring into the issue of Equity Bank's activities in Uganda; and, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to table a report if, indeed, they are inquiring into the issue touching on the security of the Deputy President. This is because it is not a matter to play politics with. 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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