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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I suspected that hon. Kimunya was going to mislead the Chairlady and I have just confirmed it. The issue we are handling here is an issue of procedure. It is not the question of the substance of that amendment; it is the procedure. Can the Chairman of the Departmental Committee, on his own, withdraw an amendment of the Committee? If you look at the amendments proposed here, you will realize that for this particular one it is by the Chairman of that Departmental Committee. The best that can be done is: Let the Chairman of the Departmental Committee move that amendment, however loosely he is going to do it, and then allow others to ventilate on it. After that, the Attorney-General should convince the House and then we defeat the amendment. Procedurally, you cannot withdraw an amendment of the Committee. We are going to set a bad precedent where Chairmen of Departmental Committees can go and cut deals with the Executive and then come here to push things down the throats of the Committee."
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