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"speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have taken a very serious view on some of the issues that have been raised; issues of gender balance and, particularly, what Mrs. Ngilu has said. I want to assure her that when we will be considering membership to all the other Committees of this House, we are certainly going to give primacy of consideration to the issue of gender. But on the other hand - and on the positive side - for the first time, out of the 12 nominated slots, we have, as a House, to go on a 50/50 basis. We have now six women nominated Members and six men nominated Members. We have really made a wonderful beginning. I want to congratulate political parties that did the nominations for being gender-sensitive. They even became religious-sensitive as well. Mr. Balala will bear me witness. It went to the extent where SUPKEM have written to express their satisfaction with the nominations. I want to assure hon. Members that we will do the best we can. It should be noted that it is not the House Business Committee (HBC) that is charged with the responsibility of enacting Bills. Ultimately, we are just a Committee of this House. Therefore, our business will be to fast-track. Mr. Shitanda, for whom I have a lot of respect, has talked about 34 Bills. I hope we can reach his target of 100 Bills. But that has to be by the House itself. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are some hon. Members who have expressed concerns about the fact that we may not have the Official Opposition during the Tenth Parliament. We clearly have to act in a manner that will not end up compromising what is expected of this august House. The quality of debate itself should reflect the vigour by the Kenyan people when they elected this House. Therefore, we do not expect that we will use this House to rubber-stamp any decision. There, indeed, should be furious opposition even within a Coalition Government. As soon as we pass this Motion and adjourn, I know that we are going to have our very first sitting so that, by 9.00 a.m. tomorrow morning, we will roll out a programme for this Parliament. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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