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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "Sorry, hon. Speaker, Sir. Thanks for your indulgence. We also have the hon. William Cheptumo, my good friend and MP. Hon. Speaker, Sir, this is the nerve centre of parliamentary business. This is the most important committee that meets every Tuesday and sets the daily, weekly and the annual legislative agenda for Parliament. It is a very important committee. These men and women are not the best amongst you. We are not saying that they are the best because all Members of Parliament, the 349 men and women are all up to the task to be members of this committee. But Standing Order No. 171 gives the provision that 29 Members must be selected from 349 hon. Members of this House, plus the Speaker, the Leader of Majority Party and his counterpart the Leader of Minority Party. So, what we are saying here is that these men and women that we are choosing here are going to steer the calendar of this House. They are going to make sure that we have the Order Paper and that there is business for all of us to transact. With those few remarks, I urge my colleagues to support this list so that from this afternoon, we have an agenda for this country, for the people who voted for us and an agenda to execute our mandate. So, I will ask my counterpart, the Leader of Minority Party to second this list of the House Business Committee for approval by the whole House."
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