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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "From the outset, I would like to say that these changes were done by the whips and the deputy whips of the two coalitions. The names that are coming from the CORD Coalition came from the Minority Whip of the CORD Coalition. All the queries from the Jubilee Coalition will be directed to the Majority Whip and his Deputy. The re- organisation has been brought about by a number of factors. First, the CDF Act was amended and the membership of the CDF Committee was expanded. You will remember that when we brought the names to the House on 16th May, 2013, the membership to the CDF Committee was as per the Act. However, following the amendments we made to the CDF Act, 2013, the membership increased. That is why you will see more Members joining it. The same applies to the Privileges and House Rules Committee which has also been expanded. More fundamentally, there are two Committees which we are supposed to jointly form with the Senate. That is the National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity Committee and the Committee on Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library. It is this House that has delayed the process because our colleagues in the Senate have provided the list. I am sure those two Committees will be formed today so that they can elect their leadership and fulfil their mandate as per the Standing Orders. Finally, there was the issue where some Members were in three Committees, others in two Committees while others were in no Committee. As I was coming to the House, I found one Member who told me that he is still in one Committee and I hope that the Majority Whip and the Minority Whip will look at this because we are a House that will have this membership in the next five years. So, if there will be other small issues, we will write to the Speaker, the Clerk and the Director of Committee Services to do the adjustments and replacements. We do not have to wait that long. I am sure that the issues that will arise will be of very little significance. We felt that since there are Members who are earning because they are in many Committees and Members who are earning less because they are in one Committee, we needed to do something. We felt that to be discriminatory and unfair. Hon. Deputy Speaker, these are the reasons and I request my good friend, Chris Wamalwa, the Deputy Minority Whip because I do not see the other leadership, to second my Motion. This is because we are all together in this project."
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