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    "id": 402416,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. My intervention is just to seek a clarification from the Chair. The clarification is with respect to the procedure adopted by the Committee during the inquiry. Maybe the Committee can tell us whether the Member who has the question appeared before them and whether those people who have been mentioned in the report appeared in person before the Committee and whether there was some form of cross-examination by the person who had asked that question. The reason I am asking that is because I have previously asked a question and the committee just does a letter to the relevant party and then the relevant party just does a write up. So, the relevant party does not come before the committee. That party is not cross-examined. So, you cannot even tell the veracity of the information that is contained in the response. There was a time the Chair ruled to the effect that every time there is a question, a Member must always appear before the Committee to prosecute his question. So, probably you can give us guidance so that we know what to do in the event the Committee does not adhere to that procedure which was set out by the Chair."
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