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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Hon Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 171(1)(f), this House approves the appointment of the following Members to the House Business Committee, in addition to those specified under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) – (i) The Hon. OmbokoMilemba, MP; (ii) The Hon. Robert Mbui, MP; (iii) The Hon. Faith Wairimu Gitau, MP; (iv) The Hon. Samuel K. Chepkonga, MP; (v) The Hon. Adan Wehliye Keynan, MP; (vi) The Hon. Tom Joseph Francis Kajwang’, MP; (vii) The Hon. Sarah Paulata Korere, MP; (viii) The Hon. Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo, MP; and (ix) The Hon. Umul Ker Kassim Sheikh, MP. Hon. Speaker, I do not need to say much about this Motion. The House Business Committee is the most important Committee at this time of the year when we are beginning a new Session. I noticed one of our new Members asking why we have to do this again and yet, we appointed a House Business Committee when Members were sworn-in last year. Members, the House Business Committee is a Sessional Committee that has to be appointed at the beginning of every Session of Parliament. Having concluded the last Session in December last year, together with the Minority leadership, we have agreed to maintain the same Members for two reasons: One, for institutional memory and also to give these Members an opportunity to get to transact business for another full Session of Parliament. As you may remember, the last Session was slightly more than three months. These Members will now have an opportunity to serve for a whole year as we begin this Session with very important business ahead of us in terms of the budget-making process. We are affording our new Members an opportunity to engage and familiarise themselves with what happens in a normal Session of Parliament, which runs for a year; unlike the last Session. Hon. Speaker, therefore, we have maintained the same Members from both the Majority and Minority sides, including the Members representing the small non-parliamentary parties and those representing Independent Members. So, I do not need to say so much about this Motion. Hon. Speaker, allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate the two new Members, namely, Hon. Chege from Kandara in Murang’a County, who replaced the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation and Hon. (Major-Retired) Dekow, who comes in to fit into the very huge shoes of the Leader of Majority Party emeritus, Hon. Aden Barre Duale, who is now the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Defence. I congratulate those two Members. I welcome them to the National Assembly and ask them to take their time. Hon Speaker, I am sure that, with your indulgence, we can accommodated these two Members in the Committees. We shall soon be convening the Selections Committee to 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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