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    "id": 1219799,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "framework so that if Hon. Naomi – forgive me for using her as an example – does not attend sittings of a committee which she is a Member, for instance, and Hon. Kagombe here who is an engineer is ready to offer his skills and expertise in road construction before that committee, then we have a basis to remove Hon. Naomi and replace her with a skilled person. Therefore, it is just to reiterate to the Minority leadership that we are willing, even as soon as tomorrow or the day after, to convene the Committee on Selection even before we work on that framework so that it does not, in any way, feel that the Majority side wants to lord over them. We are a democratic Majority Coalition Party that intends to facilitate the work of the Minority side in offering meaningful oversight. We want to see that even in the oversight committee, they place the best within their team so that there is meaningful oversight so that those who may have stolen from Telkom Kenya and the Kshs34 billion that we have seen from the Auditor-General’s report as stolen from the fuel subsidy, does not happen again. Hon. Speaker, please protect me from Hon. Wanjala. I do not know why he is fond of always shouting in committees, plenary and everywhere. Let me just assure the Leader of the Minority side that Hon. Speaker, with your indulgence, you allowed that statement. But I was just wondering where it sits in view of Standing Order 87(2) in terms of seeking to reopen something that was already decided. However, should he be seeking guidance on the way forward, I want to assure you, Hon. Speaker and the House that as the Chairperson of the Committee on Selection, we are ready to facilitate the Minority side of the leadership to make whatever changes they want to make. It will be within their right. But, again, we must always remember, as I reminded the Hon. Leader of the Minority Party last time, that Committees act and sit on behalf of the House. Whatever decision and report that comes from the Committee must eventually land in the plenary for the House to make a determination on it so that we entrench our democracy. This is to ensure that we do not infringe on anybody’s rights, whether the MPs are within our coalition or not. With that, I beg to respond in that manner."
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