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    "content": "House expressed itself in the Tenth Parliament. So, if you want this kind of resolution to be adopted, you must, concurrently, move another Motion to revoke the earlier resolution of this House. It is important that the Clerk’s Office informs committees when Committees are faced with such difficult situations. The second question is that of the Kenyan cases at the ICC. As it has just been stated, again, the Tenth Parliament expressed itself on it. So, we have to consider the resolution of the Tenth Parliament on this matter. We will look like a House without rules of procedure if we make a decision one way today and make it in a different way the next day, without correcting what was decided in the past. Of course, the second recommendation, which the Committee wants us to adopt, is the most interesting one. On the matter of Otieno Mak’Onyango, the Committee’s recommendation is that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government will soon be invited to appear before the Committee to explain how they will make good the judgement on the payment. That is a recommendation of the Committee which the House is being asked to adopt. What if the Cabinet Secretary does not appear before the Committee? What will happen? Maybe, the people who drafted the recommendation, on behalf of the Committee, did not apply themselves sufficiently. So, please, Clerk’s Department, you can do better. Some Members of the Committee may not even have looked at this Report. The issue that has been raised with regard to hon. Mak’Onyango is that a judgement awarded him compensation. The issue is that he has not been paid. So, how can the recommendation that this House is being asked to adopt be that the Cabinet Secretary will appear before the Committee to make good the payment? If that were to be the case, then the House would not be expressing itself with finality. The House should actually express itself with finality. I hope that hon. T.J. Kajwang agrees with me. So, even as we discuss this Report, since there is no time limit, there may be need for us to consider adjourning this debate at some point, so that the Committee can review some of its recommendations and come back to tell us if this is really what they want the House to adopt. Hon. Members, I have taken the liberty to do this because no hon. Member appears to have noticed this anomaly, so that he can draw it to my attention. So, I have decided to use Standing Order No.1 to give that direction on this matter. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wa, you have the Floor."
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