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    "id": 1123403,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Just allow me to finish what I am saying. We do not know the extent or the specific issues that the Members would want to either prosecute or drop according to their caucuses. I have had a word with the Member for Garissa Township whom I consider to be a ranking Member. I should have also consulted the Member for Suba North because she too is a ranking Member. You can see where we are. We want this Bill to be prosecuted and finalised, but we are asking for direction that the three Members come and speak with us as a Committee, so that we know the specific areas that they are prosecuting and those which must come to the Floor of the House. We will be very ready to tackle those that come to the Floor of the House. Otherwise, you gave us a task as the plenary, but now we are experiencing some surprise attacks because we do not know exactly what will come before the House. I think that is a reasonable request. This does not go against the Speaker’s order. It just clarifies the Speaker’s order so that Committees are seen to be in control of the Bills that are assigned to them for prosecution. Members have the right to propose amendments and prosecute them on the Floor of the House. However, instead of fighting on the Floor of the House so to speak, we would rather harness the amendments in the Committee so that when we come to the Floor of the House, we only have those amendments that must come before the plenary. Those that have been settled should not appear on the Order Paper. 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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