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    "content": "That is what I told the House then. Again, I will tell it the same today! I will tell this House further that for the second time, I am on my feet advising you that on matters like this, please, look for a democratic way of doing things. I had, in fact, gone even beyond the rules at that time. I had produced a procedure. The Motion was going to be: \"Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair,\" so that the House goes into the Committee Stage and you look into every nominee individually. You were to vet and accept them in the same way that you handle Bills or budgetary allocations. But, again, it was rejected. Now, to come to your final submission, again, I will gather assistance from the speech I have already quoted from Mr. Raila Odinga. He said: \"I hope that political parties will be transparent and democratic.\" I wish to join him at that time and now; that there will be internal democracy in parties. You all know that, that is not the case. You also know that we have been living a lie. In fact, I am provoked today to ask the very salient question: Who is NARC? So, either you belong to it, or you do not! I have no business to go behind party manifestos and registers. That is not my mandate! Once the parties have sent their nominees through the Clerk, to the House October 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3217 Business Committee, that is the right forum to sort out those issues! If your parties have not agreed in your Parliamentary Group meetings, if you have any, then you sort out the matter in the House Business Committee. If you cannot sort out that business there, please, do not attempt to do it here, because I will never arbitrate on party matters. I arbitrate on matters of the House. So, that is my guidance to the House. Finally, I plead to this House to re-look at the rules we carefully drafted, which were tabled on 17th July in this House, for future consideration. This House has the right and duty to amend any law, including rules that are not in consonance with the expectation of this House, or the general public. In the meantime, you will live with your own decisions, so that, in future, you become a little wiser when making far-reaching decisions. Thank you! Proceed, Mr. Vice-President!"
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