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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Therefore, Members of the Procedure and House Rules Committee are just there in case there is need to review the Standing Orders. Otherwise, they do not meet. So, it is not a Committee you can say that somebody belongs to. The reason as to why I am explaining this is that I have noted a tendency in this House that when one’s name appears in these inactive Committees, in addition to being in another active Committee, some hon. Members feel that he is in many Committees. The Committee on Appointments only meets when His Excellency the President makes appointments to the Cabinet. The Cabinet has since been formed. Hoping that there will be no new appointments for the remainder of the life of this Parliament, this Committee will never meet again. The rest of public appointments go to the respective Departmental Committee. Hon. Deputy Speaker, finally, I want to urge hon. Members that it is good that we take the business of these Committees very seriously by attending their sittings. Every attendance of a Committee comes back to the leadership of the House. So, we get to know how many Members attended Committee sittings. If a Committee has a membership of 29, with a quorum requirement of nine Members and you find that in every meeting only ten people attended, you wonder why the rest of the Members do not attend. It is good that we attend Committee sittings and take the business of this House seriously. Therefore, I want to say that I support this Motion. At least, for the Jubilee Coalition side, I would like to say that if this Motion goes through, everyone will be in one Departmental Committee and one Select Committee. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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