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    "id": 1215118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am raising a matter pertaining to representation of the Minority side of the House membership in the Committees. First, I want to congratulate the new Members, Hon. Dekow and the other Member, who have just been appointed to the new Committees. I am a Member of the Committee on Selection that is chaired by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. I must bring up this matter now that we are discussing it on the Floor of the House. I must go on record. If you look at the Motion that we have just passed, and the names that have been approved, the list only consists of Members from the Majority side of the House. There is no single change from the Minority side. The Minority side had their own changes to do and we were not punishing anyone. We wanted to reorganise our Committees so that they can become more effective. If you want to punish anyone, you de-whip them under Standing Order 176. On this, we wanted to reorganise the Committees for Members who were in more than two Committees to effectively serve in one or two Committees maximum. We were denied the right to do so. Yesterday, for the first time in the history of the Parliament of Kenya, we almost took a vote in the Committee on Selection. The Majority side blocked the Minority side from managing their committees. This House consists of the Majority and the Minority sides. When the Minority cannot manage their side and they have to be manged by the Majority side; if that 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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