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    "content": "dilatory Motion by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Samoei, and, therefore, a further adjournment of this House. Hon. Members, as it has become evident at this sitting, the House is still not yet of one mind on the matter of the Members to serve on the Committee that will set the agenda for this House. At this point, let me indicate, that I had received a proposed amendment of the Motion from Mr. Midiwo, who is one of our Joint Chief Whips but that list was not exhaustive because it had the names for amendment with respect to the list submitted by the ODM Parliamentary Party, which is in order. So, that will have been a successful amendment. Hon. Members, I did not receive an agreed proposed amendment of names in respect of the other parties in the Grand Coalition and, therefore, there was no valid amendment. The Chair did not receive a valid signed amendment in accordance with the Standing Orders. So, no valid list was before the House. As you are all aware, this House remains paralyzed as no other business can be transacted before the Committee is constituted. As your Speaker, I feel duty bound to inform the House that I have received correspondence from both His Excellency the President and from the Right Hon. Prime Minister on a matter at the heart of the constitution of the House Business Com mittee. His Excellency the President has advised my office that the Government has designated the hon. Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs to be the Leader of Government Business and the Chairperson of the of the House Business Committee. Similarly, the Right hon. Prime Minister has advised me that the Grand Coalition Government has designated the Right hon. Prime Minister to serve in both capacities. As your Speaker, and as I promised in my Acceptance Speech on 15th January, 2008; that I am your servant, I took it upon myself to address both His Excellency the President and the Right hon. Prime Minister. I implored on them, in a letter dated yesterday, to seek consensus on this matter so as to enable the business of this House to be unlocked. Correspondence to this effect was dispatched this morning and my office continues to await a response. However, as we sat here this afternoon, I received a letter from the Prime Minister in reply to my letter dated yesterday and he indicated that they require time to consult further. I have not yet received a response from His Excellency the President. However, it is possible that for as long as we have sat here, maybe there is a response on my desk in the office. Hon. Members, the office of the Speaker is singularly ill equipped to advise or determine for the Executive arm of the Government how it shall run its affairs and, note what I am saying. I want that to be clear and to be understood by hon. Members. I, therefore, want to repeat that the office of the Speaker is singularly ill equipped to advise or determine for the Executive arm of the Government how it shall run its affairs."
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