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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. It is unfortunate that my good brother hon. Ichung’wah is raising very important issues but, again, he is doing exactly the same thing he is complaining about. It is very unfortunate because if we want this House respected, you cannot seek respect when you do not give respect. There are very many hon. Members in this House who are former councillors. I do not think that really makes them any lesser beings. Having said, I just want to raise an issue on the Standing Order he is relying on. If you look at Part XXVIII; it says:- “It is order in the House and in the Committee of the Whole House.” It is not order in the “committee of the whole funeral!” It is order in the House. If you look at Standing Order 108; it partly states:- “A Member may be suspended after being named ----“If you look at 108 (2); it states as follows:- “Whenever an hon. Member shall have been named by the Speaker, or the Chairperson of a Committee, and if the breach has been committed by such Member in the House” – Even if you look at the other Standing Orders, it is either referring to action in the House or in the Committee of the House. Hon. Speaker, it does not mean that we cannot discuss the conduct of hon. Junet. I actually watched it and I do not think it was appropriate the way he spoke about the House. But we must be respectful, whether we are from the Opposition or the Ruling Coalition, when we are referring to everybody. Even now, what hon. Eng. Gumbo has said is true. You cannot refer to the former Prime Minister as a villager. Yes, he is a villager, hon. Ichung’wah and I are villagers, but we cannot refer to villagers in a disrespectful manner as if being a villager is a contagious disease. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. Therefore, we cannot seek the House to guide us and treat us with dignity, when you have a whole former Prime Minister --- We want to pull him down and treat him like he is some 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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