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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not want to buttress what the Leader of the Minority Party has said. Under the current dispensation and in line with our Standing Orders, it is true that both parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties are represented in the Committee on Selection that I happen to chair. Decisions of the Committee are not decisions of the Chair. As the Leader of the Minority Party has said, they are decisions of the Committee. They are by consensus. We vote where there is no consensus. In line with our own Standing Orders, it is also true that the independents in the House are accorded an opportunity to sit in that Committee on Selection. I do not want to question the independents. Hon. Timothy Toroitich raised an issue couched around the Constitution. However, it is more of a complaint over his relegation to a committee other the one he was serving in. Because we sat in that Committee on Monday evening, I confirm that another Independent Member replaces Hon. Timothy in the committee he was in. It is not a Member of the majority or the minority party. Another independent Member has taken his position in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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