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    "speaker_name": "April 25, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 37 Sen. Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as has been said by other Senators, it is important to note that most of these Members who form the Committees are known to have belonged to those sectors, going by the background of their careers. The whips must have done a very thorough job to trace the backgrounds of all these Senators, so that they could fit in the Committees as per the list. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as has been said, some of the departments under these Committees are massive. For example, Education which takes two-thirds of the national Budget has been put together with Information and Technology. Even if Education was to be alone, it would be even bigger than many others, going by its expenditure. I, therefore, join other Senators in suggesting that the Committee on Education, Information and Technology be split, so that Education is left alone. Education includes basic education, higher education, technological colleges, polytechnics and the like. I think that it would even be better to split it further into three departments. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that there is some bias in some Committees. Maybe the experience is there, but I also note that there are some names which are not in any Committee. I do not know whether it was by choice or it is some Senators who decided not to be in any Committee. I also note that there are some names, like mine, which are appearing thrice. I could be happy about that, but there are some people who are not happy that they are appearing only once. So, could there be a rationale of having these Senators well distributed, so that we can have all Senators feeling that they belong to this Senate? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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