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    "id": 401627,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to support this very important Motion that will ensure that the business of the House is running; and that our former Members, who dearly served this House, are replaced accordingly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think going forward – because I have no doubt in terms of legislative, representation, competence of the Members who have been pointed out here – but I think there is the more important question in terms of even our Standing Orders as to who nominates who to a Committee. I will blame Sen. Kajwang if I am wrong; I have sought advice and I think it is the position of our Standing Orders that nominations to Committees are from parties or coalitions. If that is true, questions will arise in future that, suppose somebody is an independent or quasi-independent, like Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, what happens in terms of that nomination? Can one coalition cede their space to give it to an errant Member of another coalition, for example? So, I think those are some of the things, going forward, that we should answer in our Standing Orders, because in future or maybe even in the upcoming by-elections or in future elections, we might have situations where we have an independent candidate being a Senator. Is it possible, then, to provide proper mechanisms of who nominates who to that Committee and whether another coalition can take over somebody’s Member, for example, if he is dewhipped, and appoint them in another coalition? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to support."
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