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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I know Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah is assuming his new role of opposition to Government, but he should do it within our Standing Orders and with respect to other Members of Parliament. As far as I am concerned, there is no conflict of interest regarding Hon. Oimeke coming into the Departmental Committee on Energy, because he no longer works in the energy sector. He is now a Member of Parliament. All of us have worked in various places before. By the way, departmental committees oversee the continuous activities of ministries, not the audited accounts, which is the work of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). If he was in one of the watchdog committees, you could say that he may land on some information touching on his work during those days. Going forward, he will oversee the Ministry and parastatals within the Ministry as well as the programmes, operations and activities. I do not see any conflict of interest. I think Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah is out of order to discuss a Member. The matter has no relationship with the Member being in the Committee. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah has worked elsewhere before. I have worked in the University of Nairobi (UoN). Who says I cannot sit on the 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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