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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, it is most likely too that during recess some Committees may take the opportunity to do certain visits. I know that our Committee on Devolved Government has organized for some visits. Unfortunately, our Chairperson is injured. I hope that his injury will not affect his other activities, maybe, at home, but those are private matters. I do hope that those visits or tours that Committees do organize should be done in such a way that they do not conflict with other activities of Committees. This is because Members of the Senate belong to multiple Committees and so, the coordination of Committee work during recess should be done in such a way that one activity does not necessarily prejudice the other. The Senate is so busy with so many Committees. Eng. Karue will remember that when we were in the National Assembly and there were no departmental Committees, it was much easier for Members of Parliament to use recess for their own activities. But the moment Committees multiplied and became so many, the recess became too busy. I feel so strongly about that and hope that the Rules and Business Committee (RBC), in its sitting this coming week before we go on recess, will take this issue very seriously and really try to give us an opportunity to have a better managed recess than we have had in the past. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate you and the House for coming up with this proposal that we work next week and then we can go on recess after we have finished the business of the House. This County Allocation of Revenue Bill is so important, as our Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget said, that if we do not pass it in good time, not only may our reputation as those who look after the affairs of the counties be tarnished, but I think that the work of the counties themselves may be kind of prejudiced. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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