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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for allowing me to support this Motion. Last week, we had an eventful time of our lives. We were in Makueni and we are happy to have brought the victory home. Hon. Speaker, I have started this way because of what I want to discuss – the question of bilateral approach to matters. Last week, we were in Makueni. Today, we are here, discussing this very important Motion. Last week, the Leader of Majority Party dared the Minority by saying that he could easily get people from the Minority side of the House to support this Procedural Motion. If we go that direction in this House, we will be unable to transact business, which is the reason as to why we are here. We need to join my friend, hon. ole Metito, in his public relations exercise, as the Whip of the Majority Party, so that both the Minority and the Majority can be able to come together on important issues like this one, so that we can move the business of this House forward. If we go as either Minority or Majority, very few things that matter to the public will be transacted. Hon. Speaker, allow me to say something about CIOC, which my friend, hon. ole Metito, has talked about. The hon. Member for Kibra read out an extensive provision of the Standing Orders, which allows Committees to fast-track the business of this House. It is true that we are on this matter because the Nyachae Commission has not brought us the Bill. But we also need to audit ourselves. What have we done as a House? The Committee becomes our lifeline, in terms of making sure that those people perform their duties in a timely manner. Can we ask ourselves live questions? For example, what timelines has the Committee given to the Nyachae Commission, and what are the responses they have got from the Commission?"
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