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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Motion. I think everything I needed to say has been said by the Leader of Majority Party. I only needed to clarify that, indeed, we had a problem at the beginning in terms of the placing of the Members of the National Assembly in the various committees. Within CORD, we did sit in a parliamentary group and I was honoured to be requested by our colleague to see that there was a balance in the number of hon. Members in committees. I wanted to confirm to the Speaker and to the House that, that is something we have been doing very progressively. I can assure the House that there is a letter that was signed by the Whip yesterday. Unfortunately, of late the Whip has been away on Lunga Lunga campaigns, which ended yesterday with the court decision. Before that he was out of the country, but immediately he came yesterday he signed a letter, which I believe is already with the Clerk, putting hon. Onyuro, and other members of CORD who were not properly placed in committees, in other committees. Hon. Speaker, before I end what I wanted to request is that no single committee is bigger and more vibrant and important than the others. I remember when we joined the Committee on Delegated Legislation under the chairmanship of hon. Cheptumo, many of the members who were placed in that Committee thought it would be a very idle one. As the House is currently aware, the Committee on Delegated Legislation is, perhaps, one of the most active committees of the House. So, I would tell Members that in whichever committee you are placed, really ensure the mandate of that committee and what is spelt out in the Standing Orders are achieved; it is the necessary work and thinking that will make the committee active. I support, hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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