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    "id": 175131,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion with amendments. First, let me complain--- I think Members are saying that they are used to the people that compile lists coming with more or less the same list of people for whatever function in this Parliament. The issue is: To what extent have they made any effort to ensure that they include many more Members in many of the Committees that are formed from time to time? Secondly, there is the issue of the Cabinet. I think there is nothing wrong with members of the Cabinet being in this kind of Committee. But the question is: Are members of the Cabinet too busy with other responsibilities? Are they? Are members of the Cabinet not the main reason that we have no quorum in this House? That is because they hardly come to this House because of other responsibilities such as official functions and Cabinet meetings. So, the point is that it is better to give the job to the people who are available to do it. Finally, looking at this list--- We remember we could not go through the Constitution making process in the last Parliament. If you look at the list, some of the people who are being suggested--- I think ten of them are the people who took very extreme positions either for or against. Is it right to have the same people in this kind of Committee? I think it is important to look beyond and ask questions about how we can come up with people who have been a little bit more neutral in terms of the way they have seen this position. We should not include people who were in the same Committees that were unable to move the process forward. So, I would like to propose that we consult more and get people that would have the time to do it, and people who were not associated with extreme positions that have made any business in this country very difficult. With those few remarks, I beg to support with amendments."
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