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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the last about eight months since I came to this House, one of my best friends whose debate I admire most is Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. So, the issue I raised here – and that is why I support the Motion – was for posterity. I questioned, for example, what you do in a situation where we have 10 independent candidates, if parties are going to be the ones to nominate Members to committees. We are in a situation where we are amending our Standing Orders; we should, therefore, provide for that mechanism. What happens in a situation where a Member disagrees with his coalition and would like to take up an independent stand and be dewhipped, for example? Or what happens in a situation where a Member is an errant Member, literally? I did not say it is Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale; but there will be situations in future where there will be an errant Member who has been dewhipped by his party and another party gives that Member an opportunity. I am not opposed to this Motion; I am just saying that we should use such opportunities that will inform future amendments that we will put in our Standing Orders so that those scenarios are catered for. But for my respectable friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, to imagine that when I say “future errant Members” will be himself, I think it is imputing improper motive not only on his friend, but on a serious Jubilee Senator."
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