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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think those who have not received it, there are Serjeant-at-Arms still going around distributing them. I can see there are Members who have volunteered to assist the Serjeant-at-Arms. The Supplementary Order Paper has the schedule that has all the committees; the 20 Departmental Committees and the Select Committees. Let me begin by thanking, in a special way, all the Members of the Selection Committee who took time, the larger part of yesterday to go through this list of committees as submitted by the House leadership from both the Majority and Minority parties. I also thank the Whips, Hon. Osoro, Hon. Junet; Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi and his Deputy, Hon. Mbui and my own Deputy, Hon. Owen Baya and the Deputy Whips for the work they put in. Last week when we went on recess, those who were in the Committee on Selection and the Committee on Appointments did not have an opportunity to go to their constituencies and spend a little time with their families. The Members who were in the Committee on Appointments were seated here throughout. The leadership of both coalitions met last week on Wednesday evening till very late at night to agree on the framework that the two coalitions would use to share positions or slots in the Departmental Committees as well as in the Select Committees. Let me also thank the Office of the Clerk because they put in a lot of work to guide us in line with our Standing Orders, especially Standing Orders 173 and 174 on how the two coalitions would share the slots that are available in the committees. I do not want to say much in line with what is provided for in the Standing Orders, but it is important to note a few things: one is that those of us who were here in the 11th and 12th Parliaments will recall that many of our committees, both Departmental and Select had a significantly higher number of Members than the committees as constituted today. You will 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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