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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Godana",
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        "legal_name": "Bonaya Godana",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, taking into account the list that the hon. Vice-President and Leader of Government Business has brought here without consulting with everybody, is a mockery of parliamentary procedure. It is an insult to the integrity of the Ninth Parliament. For the purpose of conduct of parliamentary business in our system of Parliament, there are only two sides; the Government and the Opposition. The principle, of course which we concede, is that the majority side, which is the Government side, normally has the majority in the Committees except where it is specifically provided for as in the case of the two principal watchdog Committees; that they will not have a majority above a certain number. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the practice and conventions of this House have been very similar since we started multi-partyism; that the various strengths of the Committee Membership must be reflective of the size of the Government and Opposition sides. Where positions are to be reserved for the Opposition which has more than one party, KANU considered hon. Obwocha and hon. Nyachae sit in the House Business Committee because they are Members of a parliamentary party in the Opposition. As the Official Opposition---- 16 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 22 March, 2006"
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