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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was listening to the proposed amendments by Hon. Atandi, whom I have also consulted. It is important to note that when we consider reports in this House, they should give meaning to the work that is done by the Committees after proper engagements with all the stakeholders. It is within the knowledge of the Office of the Leader of the Majority Party that, in this Report, there are issues that are yet to be addressed. I also had an engagement with the Chairman of the Committee, who is not in the House. I think he is in the other House, prosecuting the Impeachment Motion. Hon. Atandi is raising issues because, as it is, this Report was tabled when it was basically incomplete, and without having engaged with all the stakeholders. I urge you to use Standing Order 1 and withdraw the consideration of this Report at this particular moment until the Committee considers all the issues, including the amendments that are being proposed by Hon. Atandi. I want to believe that within the confines of Standing Order 1, you could direct that we withdraw this Report at this particular stage, and get the Committee to reconsider all the issues, including those that Hon. Atandi has raised, so that we can consider a complete Report. This Report is a matter that has very huge implications not just on the industry in the country, but also on relations between the industry and financiers like the International Finance Corporation that has financed part of the businesses that come under this Special Operating Framework Agreement (SOFA) arrangement. It would be foolhardy or rather not very responsible for the House to consider a half-baked Report. I engaged with the Chairman this morning and he sounded very cagey about it, telling me that he is away. I had also asked him not to proceed with the processing of this Report. I, therefore, urge you to indulge us and have that Report withdrawn."
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