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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Jamleck Kamau",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kigumo",
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        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": " Thank you very much Hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion as amended. For a start, I want to congratulate you for being elected the Speaker of the National Assembly. Looking at the list of hon. Members who are here in this list, the first thing that strikes me is that, 15 of the 21 hon. Members are actually new Members of this House. They were not there in the last Parliament. Therefore, these hon. Members will be able to take care of the interests of the new Members who are coming in. I think as the Selection Committee, my challenge to them is to make sure that new hon. Members are included in as many Committees as possible so that they can participate and even become chairmen of committees and women as chairpersons of committees. Therefore, without any question, I think this team is pretty representative of the entire House; it is a team that should be left to do its work. Some of the sentiments being expressed by hon. Members should be taken into account by this Committee. Let this Committee make sure that they actually appoint Members of various parties in the House with fairness; making sure that they look at representation of minorities, representation of those people with disabilities, making sure that women’s interests are also taken care of so that, at the end of the day, we can have a committee whereby even those professionals who are qualified in various areas are put in those Committees that they actually qualify for. Therefore, I do support this list and I wish hon. Members who are here will not have a lot of issues with regard to Committees so that we can make progress and move forward."
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