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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not want us to blame the Executive. Ministers have been appearing and answers have been forthcoming. I also do not want us to blame all the Chairs. There are very fantastic and hard working Chairs. If I can name them, some of them are hon. Amina Abdalla, hon. Langat and many others. Let us not blame the Executive. If the Order Paper is showing that you are supposed to give a response on Wednesday morning, courtesy demands that the Chair must be here latest 8.30 a.m., go to Room 7 and pick an answer. In fact, he is supposed to notify, by courtesy, the Member who sought the Statement that he is going to issue his Statement. That is what I do and hon. Gumbo will agree with me. I call the Members and say: “I am going to give your Statement on Thursday afternoon; will you be there?” We should not blame the Executive; if there will be a problem with the Executive--- I wrote to the Chairs yesterday that when they meet an impediment from the Executive, our office is ready to help. However, we are saying that the Chairs must deliver to enable the smooth running of the business of the House. If a Bill is referred to a Committee, the Standing Orders say that it will be with that Bill for 20 days. After 20 days, that Bill must come for the Second Reading here for the Members to contribute to it. The direction you gave is very good. Of course, we have challenges; but as the Chair of the Liaison Committee has said, we will have meetings. We cannot allow excuses that it is the Executive. The Standing Orders are very clear in terms of where the Executive fails. We know how to deal with them. How to deal with the Executive is well documented in the Standing Orders. If an Executive refuses to give a Statement to a Committee or to appear, you come back to the plenary uninformed. But we do not want to blame the Executive; we do not want to blame other factors. Chairs, we are begging you. This is your mandate and that is why you are Chairs. Members elected you for that leadership; you must maintain it. The removal of a chair is well stipulated in the Standing Orders; it is not for the chair or for the leader to remove a chair. A chair will be removed based on the Standing Orders; I think I agree with your direction, Deputy Speaker."
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