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    "id": 381727,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Although I do not speak for Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o, I thought that the general practice is that the Member who brings a Motion and seeks to set up a Committee such as this, as a matter of courtesy, of course, would talk to Members who are in the Committee. But, normally, one would put together a team that he is able to work with, because when we pass a Motion such as this, its sponsor is invariably the Chair of such a Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Koigi Committee in the Ninth Parliament was only looking at one narrow agenda; harambees and corruption. Hon. Koigi passed a unanimous verdict with his Committee, that harambees had immensely contributed to the growth of corruption in Kenya, and recommended its discontinuation. I think that this is different within the context of devolution. I also think that it is in the right House. We are not discontinuing harambees, but saying that we have now enough resources going to the counties that can do some of the things that harambees do, so that it can be seen in a wider perspective than the Koigi Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage Sen. G.G. Kariuki, given his vast experience, that he will be a very valuable Member of such a Committee, if we pass the Motion; whether or not he was asked."
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