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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. TJ Kajwang’",
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    "content": "I really wanted to raise the point. It is during debate on a presidential speech and during a Motion for Adjournment when new Members learn. They will not learn some of these debating skills if sometimes people who have been here for one or more terms do not point out some of the issues. I was rising on a point of information. I wanted to inform the Member who rose and stated that, in his opinion, the Order should have concluded with a resolution of the House in some manner. Quite confidently, another Member rose and thought that some Members were out of order in so far as relevance was concerned. That was the only issue I wanted to put my mind to. Firstly, a Motion for Adjournment is a wide Motion. Members get to speak about things that are so generally related to that issue and it is just that. It ends there. It does not have a resolution. It is a Motion which helps Members to ventilate their hearts out without necessarily having a position on a resolution. A resolution must come as a matter of Motion where a Member proposes a Motion in which the House resolves to do something. You are a Member here and your role is to represent the electorate. How will your people know that you are taking a position if you do not rise and say something, however general it may be, without a resolution made on the Motion? That is the matter I wanted to raise my mind on. For the Member who thought that Members were irrelevant, it is never irrelevant for a new Member to say anything. A maiden speech is a maiden speech even when you want to thank your mother for giving birth to you to be elected to come to this House. That is the beauty of debate. A debate should be flexible and enjoyable. Therefore, you can say anything and everything that then allows you to speak."
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