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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Oundo, the Speaker has no role in the election of chairpersons of committees. I have been in this space for some time. When you go to committees, you have your vote. You are also subject to your whipping, the dynamics of your coalitions and parties. Therefore, I encourage you to leave the Speaker out of this. This is about the various coalitions and political parties in the House. On the point raised by the distinguished Member for Makueni, Hon. Kiamba in the House Business Committee, sits your team leader from Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM), who is also the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party in the Azimio Coalition. He is satisfied with the composition of the committees. Take the argument that you have proposed back to them and let them listen to you. This list was approved by the House Business Committee in which sits all your leadership; the Leader of the Majority Party, Majority Party Whip, Leader of the Minority Party, Minority Party Whip and your team leader within the enclave of WDM. They passed it there. Now that the matter has come to the Floor, you have only two options; to resolve to approve the list or to reject it. If you reject it, your leaders will go back to the drawing board to readjust, refresh and reflect on why the Motion has been negatived. As it is now, the Speaker cannot sit on appeal here. Just as Hon. Ngogoyo raised a good point but in a wrong forum. What is before the House is not a discharge but a reconstitution of Committees. If you have been wrongly discharged from a committee, I will listen to you and look at the provisions of Standing Order 176 then give you the due process that you deserve. As it is now, it is neither here nor there. Yes, Hon. Makali Mulu."
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