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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am trying to follow up on what hon. Khalwale has raised. I was begging for your ears because the meeting of 16th of May, 2012 was called as a Speaker’s Kamukunji for us to consult and agree on a way forward and I was given the honour to chair that meeting. I just want to say that I am disappointed by both sides of the coalition because our agreement then was very clear that we shall deal with hon. Muthama on one side to bring 12 names as the Government Whip on that side of the coalition and then we shall deal with hon. Midiwo to bring us 15 names on this other side of the coalition. I want to say I am disappointed because the same question was raised here on the Floor of the House during that Kamukunji and hon. Ojaamong was there amongst others and we were asking ourselves: “Why should we subject the House to voting when the two sides of the coalition can agree on nine names and we come here and simply affirm so that we are not subjected to bothering by other people canvassing for votes”? We got legal counsel on the Table here who was in attendance and he told us that this will violate the Treaty because the ruling by the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) was that we must vote and it will be safer for all the political parties to bring the 12 and the 15 names. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just bringing to the attention of the House that we sit here and agree that we will do things in a certain way and then they are not done in that certain way and then we now have this discussion which we should not have had in the first place if we stuck to our agreement. So, we are guilty. On the side of the coalition of PNU, we ought to have had the 12 that we agreed on and on the side of the coalition of ODM, we ought to have had the 15 that we agreed. So, I do not know how we shall proceed. Maybe we have been overtaken by events because we must produce these names but it is good for us to know."
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