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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Motion. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your sterling performance. As your constituent, you have not disappointed me. I would pray that even if you lose the election you come back, because I know you are big asset to this nation. Let me say congratulation to the team that came up with the Draft Standing Orders. I was hoping to see the perpetuation of the use of the ranking Members beyond the swearing-in because I thought experience is important; but your team went out there. I was left here. I know that it is in your wisdom. Maybe, you have not considered that but I think it is important that there is ranking even up to the Committee level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also made a remark in this House that the Committee sessions need to be guided in terms of management of time, just in the same way debate is regulated in this House in terms of time by assigning a definite amount of time to a debater. I thought it would be prudent to have regulation of the Committee sessions guided by the Standing Orders by way of regulating contributions. I had in mind the possibility of granting the Chair ten minutes to make opening remarks; six minutes to the next wrapping up Member and four minutes for each Member to interact. In doing so, you secure participation of Members in the debate. Otherwise Committees risk being properties of the Chairpersons, who may dominate debate and undermine the Committee by its own definition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other point I want to bring out relates to proposed Standing Order No.203 on engagement of experts. I think more thought needed to have gone into this aspect. Parliament is not a business enterprise. Parliament is a watchdog. Any expert advice we need is just for the purpose of furthering the work of Parliament. I thought the Committee could have recommended a standing payment for the experts---"
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