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    "id": 1409741,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "7. The Hon. Moses Malulu Injendi, MP. 8. The Hon. Jane Njeri Maina, MP. 9. The Hon. Kassim Sawa Tandaza, MP. 10. The Hon. Catherine Omanyo, MP. 11. The Hon. Yusuf M. Farah, MP. As you are aware, the 11 Members of the Select Committee have an herculian task with a very limited time of only 10 days, as you had earlier communicated and as provided for in our Standing Orders. Additionally, as the Members of the Committee embark on this crucial task, I wish to emphasize the paramount importance of impartiality in executing the mandate that we are bestowing on them. Let me be quick to point out that all these Members and, indeed, any Member of this House warrants and is capable of sitting in this Committee and executing the mandate. However, it is important that we emphasize the question of impartiality to consider the matters contained in the Motion. Therefore, the integrity of their work and the credibility of their findings will hinge upon their ability to remain as objective as they can and unbiased throughout the investigative process. I am aware that both the Majority and the Minority side had a very limited time to nominate Members. I must commend the leadership of both sides of the House for the nomination. I know we have endured a lot of lobbying across the aisle from both sides of the coalitions for Members to be included in this Committee. However, with only six positions on the Majority side and five on the Minority side, only those 11 could and can sit on this Committee. I want to implore on them that they now sit as a Select Committee of the House irrespective of how they voted for the Motion. You are not going to sit to consider how you voted but consider the Motion as objectively and fairly as you can be without being biased in any manner. Let not how you voted inform you. I know within this list, some voted for, against and some abstained, including a few who may not have been in the House. I beg that we support the list as it is for us to progress to the next stage considering the very tight timelines that we have of only 10 days, and this being the last day and a Sitting of around four hours. I beg to move and request the Hon. Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, to second the Motion for approval."
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