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    "id": 256068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.145 does not talk of percentages. The percentages system is a way of tradition. It is not provided for specifically in words under Standing Order No.145. The House Business Committee is the most important Committee of this House because it decides on the business that is brought before the House. Its composition must be reflective of the membership of the House. The Opposition must have sufficient voice in that Committee. That is the spirit in which FORD (P) and KANU were given the slots they were given the last time the Committee was constituted. It is, therefore, very unfair for FORD (P) to go on, add numbers and deprive the Opposition side the slot that is required in the provision. The business that 22 March, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 23 will be discussed in the Committee is not just Government business, but also Opposition business. We have Private Members' Motions that will come on the Floor of the House and there are Bills that will be brought by the Opposition. It is important that other hon. Members of NARC who do not belong to the \"Banana side\" are also represented in the House Business Committee."
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