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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, on the outset, this is the same Committee that was formed on the First Session of the House and per the Standing Orders just like the House Business Committee (HBC), we are mandated to bring it back for approval of the House. Members of this Committee were asking me the whole of the last Session how come we had not had a session. I told them that this Committee is to deal with you hon. Members; those who misbehave at the lounge, in the bar, in the Chamber, in the offices and I am sure beginning the Second Session, they will have a client. The clients will be very many. So this is a very important Committee and it is chaired by the Speaker. Today we want to make it very categorical that when you enjoy certain privileges as a Member of the Eleventh Parliament, those privileges are not cast in stone. Those privileges have limits. Those privileges must portray the stature of an hon. Member: That, the environment that you live in and in the Chamber, you must at all times depict that image of an hon. Member. This is because we are a role model tool society. We are not like the Judiciary where the corrupt go and hide in the name of court orders. It is okay. We are not like the Judiciary where Parliament impeaches a governor and the court says that yes he has stolen public resources, devolved funds meant for healthcare and everything but he can continue. We want to deviate from that; that leadership is about Chapter Six. It is about Article 10 of the Constitution; values. So I am happy that the Majority Whip has said that if you misbehave here and you appear before this Committee, please do not go and look for a court order. So do not follow Wambora’s style. If you misbehave at the Chamber or at the bar, the corridors or within the precincts of Parliament and this Committee chaired by the Speaker gives you a serious penalty, you will not have the chance and privilege to appear before the Judiciary. The courts have been barred. So when you live here, you live as a family and a member of the family. I am sure that we did not have an incident but I can say that the First Session was a learning process. You must not offend your colleagues in the precincts of Parliament. You must respect their privacy and privileges. I want to urge my colleagues that this Committee is very important. I am sure that the ten men and women plus the Speaker are up to the task. With those few remarks, I beg to second. 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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