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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "content": "On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Every Committee in this House has a mandate. However, there are many instances where from the Floor of this House, the Speaker has directed that two Committees work together on a particular issue. It happened, for example, when the issue of Isiolo came here; both the Committees on Finance, Commerce and Budget were involved. It is normal that sometimes two Committees look into the matter because of the different mandates. For example, in this one where there are human rights, the mandate of this Committee is to assist. It is also useful because we normally have challenges of quorum, and so when you have nine Members and sometimes you have to do this kind of work, you need more Members. In fact, it is good when they are two. That is what we have realized in our Committee when we worked with the Committee on Devolved Government. It is not undermining them, but it is helping them to work together more effectively."
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