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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Cheboi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Whip from the other side of the House informed me that he will be going to Japan this evening and the other one has been busy with party matters. However, I beg to second this Motion very briefly. Most of what is contained in what we learnt on this trip has been commented on by my colleague. I was one of the Members of the delegation. Whips are core to the democracy of any country. The only issue is that all Whips should be recognised. You will realise that it is only the Government Chief Whip, his Deputy and the Official Opposition Chief Whip who are recognised. The rest of the Whips are not recognised. If hon. Members would refer to the Cockar Report, it is clear that the Deputy Government Chief Whip and the Deputy Official Opposition Chief Whip were recognised and for every 25 hon. Members, there was a recommendation that there should be a Whip. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this year, and I know very soon this Parliament will be going through its Standing Orders with intention to modify them and make Parliament more comfortable to hon. Members, we really recommend also that they should consider entrenching and recognising the Whips in the Standing Orders. Indeed, Parliament itself has unofficially recognised those Whips. That is why some of us find ourselves in that position, though with no recognition at all, both in terms of emoluments and offices created. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are quite a number of observations which we made both in Ireland and Britain. It is curious that in Britain, Division Bells and loud speakers are in all offices of hon. Members - this is the equivalent of our Continental House offices. This is because of the fact that it is recognised that Members of Parliament are very busy people. If there is nothing of great interest to a particular hon. Member in Parliament, they are allowed to go to their offices and work rather than just sit in Parliament without contributing much or even not listening or making noise---"
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