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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it should go on record that I was consulting very senior, able and distinguished Senators; Sen. Sang himself and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. Essentially, this is a house-keeping process in which by way of this Motion, we are trying to fill in gaps that have arisen out of vacancies, some of them which may be temporary and some which may not be temporary. Essentially, they were as a result of election petitions. Therefore, this is something that is necessary so that the requisite number of Senators of the Committee are in place to avoid the issue of lack of quorum. I am also excited, and I must say that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s choice of Committee was this Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs. On my own account as the Chair of the Committee on Implementation, he suffered immensely as Sen. Elachi has mentioned. Therefore, it is nice to see him back to the Committee that he really wanted to serve. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let it go on record that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has the necessary experience that will make him serve well in this Committee. The other thing I want to add here is that there is some sign of maturity that I have seen in the Senate Committees that we do not tend to talk about matters which are before the Committee. We wait until there is something to report or talk about. When we sit as committees, we do so as Committees of the Senate and when an issue is before a committee, traditionally, the Committee or the House should not be seen to be addressing an issue that has not been resolved in the Committee or in the House or in a fora outside Parliament. This is for a good cause because when a matter is before a Committee under consideration and you see that the Committee is already divided on a bipartisan basis or ethnic basis, because that is what happens, it undermines the authority and the work of these Committees. My recommendation, if it can be accepted by the House, is that we desist from taking positions publicly on a matter which is before a Committee until the Committee has resolved that particular issue. I have said that, as a Member of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, I will not comment on a matter which is before that Committee until it is resolved by the Committee. I hope that the practice going on elsewhere which I shall not talk about-- That even before a matter lands in that Committee, you can even guess that if it is a Luo whose matter is under consideration, then all the Luo Members of Parliament will take a particular position which is pre- ordained even before you consider the rationale or the merits of the matter. Therefore, I beg my brothers and sisters here that we should let the Committees to work but they cannot do so if the authority of the Committee is placed in doubt. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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