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    "id": 1252365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and I have got full confidence in the Senators who have been proposed to be on this Committee. I wanted to invite you to consider the difference between a special and a select committee in our Standing Orders. We had a debate earlier that would have been best undertaken while discussing this Motion. Select committees are established in our Standing Orders to allow the Senate to execute its mandate by delegating some of its affairs to those select committees. That is the reason why our Standing Orders limit membership of select committees to between seven and nine Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, special committees on the hand are established for the sole purpose of considering an impeachment. The only time a special committee is referred to in our Standing Orders is with respect to the impeachment of the President, the Deputy President, a governor, or a deputy governor. The distinction is further clarified that a special committee comprises of 11 Senators and not seven or nine Senators specified for select committees. The reason why I make this argument is to ensure that those who were speaking earlier and citing Standing Order No. 197 to 200 on the composition of select committees, is that the right Standing Order we should be focussing on is Standing Order No.80, which talks about how such special committees are established and it ought to be bipartisan. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we were to argue that every single coalition must be represented in the special committee, the day we will be having 12 coalitions in this House, it will not be possible to fit all those 12 coalitions in an eleven-member committee. Therefore, I urge the House to separate the issues of select committees that the Jubilee Coalition has raised from the issues of special committees which is a special role that only this Senate can perform. You can take away funds or powers from the Senate"
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