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    "id": 519303,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I spoke before this Motion came to the National Assembly. Now it is here. I just want to express myself for the HANSARD. Looking at this Motion, there are a lot of things. However, the second part reads as follows:- “---;cognizant of the fact that national leaders and their families form an integral part of national-being that builds and helps in forging unity;” It means that this Motion is predicated upon the acceptance and appreciation of the family. The family is an integral part of the reasons that will be advanced either in the Motion or in the subsequent resolution of the House. I have said that, as a family, the Member did not consult any of us to let us know that this Motion will be coming. It is the right of every Member to bring any Motion that he or she feels is of national importance. However, when you have an issue which arises out of a personal matter such as this--- Now, we are not dealing with the substance of the issues around the Motion. We are particularly discussing the procedure by which a Member can, therefore, place a Motion before the House. To neglect the views of the family is very provocative and insensitive. It is actually very insulting to the family to think that someone may have the wherewithal or the best opinion on how to deal with a matter that can be dealt with elsewhere. Without putting a lot of emotions into this issue, although we have the right to bring any Motion as Members of Parliament, we cannot use the Floor of this House to be popular. You cannot take a subject which you think will make headlines and bring it on the Floor of the House just because you want to be popular with your people, or you want to change the colour and character of what people think about you. What concerns me more is that I am not only a member of this family, but I am also an elected Member and part of this National Assembly. Even if this Member would have avoided everybody else, it would be courteous to come and talk to me as the Member for Ruaraka and say: “This issue is coming up in the House. As a colleague, I want to tell you that I have interest to raise it.” The fact that the Member has not talked to me means that I mean nothing to him. It is very provocative to me as the Member for Ruaraka. So, if we proceed with this issue the way it is going, it may not augur well with the mutual respect and coordination that we should have as Members of the National Assembly. I, therefore, support the Motion by hon. Jakoyo Midiwo."
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