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    "content": "He will move to one room for ten minutes, very quickly look like he is busy doing something when he is actually doing nothing; he will move with those funny papers to the other Committee, pretend there that he has also done something, and then move away, go and have a good time. This is a very serious issue and it impacts on the Committee; it impacts on the effectiveness of the Committee and it makes the Chairs of those Committees look very bad because by the end of the day, the papers that you present here are papers which you have read and passed on your own! We pass a Paper here thinking that it comes from a Committee but it is only the chairman like my brother who has looked at it and then presented it here as the Committee’s paper. Therefore, it is very important that as we restructure these Committees, we make sure that we do so in such a manner that the Committee you go to, you give it time. That is why in the Liaison Committee, we agreed and passed that Committees can now meet officially after 6.00 p.m. because clearly, given the numbers we have, what happens is that if you have two Committees, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and there is a sitting in the afternoon, then we have to reschedule the meeting to the evening or lunch time. Indeed, from here, we are going to listen to the audit. The Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs Committee is going to meet the Auditor-General. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I am glad that Kennedy is freer new because Senator Kennedy is a Member of the Education Committee and an effective one at that. So, I am glad that he is freer so that he can participate more effectively in that Committee. Therefore, I support the Motion that is here in front of us. I also want to add that the level of debate that is exhibited in this House from both sides proves one thing; that age and wisdom are present in this place. Age and wisdom are infectious so that you will find that the wisdom of an old hand like Sen. Moses Wetangula is now bringing up, you can tell clearly that 20 years ago, he was not as wise as he is today. Twenty years ago, he would have been a firebrand but today, he comes up with wisdom. Therefore, that is why I am saying age and wisdom go together. When you hear the things we hear from the Attorney-General Emeritus, Sen. Wako, you hear wisdom. Even those who are younger and still firebrands in our House will eventually become just as wise. I would like to tell my brother Murkomen not to worry too much about that, it will come and it will come naturally."
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