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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you for allowing me to proceed. I support this Motion. We have talked about issues of integrity. But what I would like this House to say is that let he or she, who is without sin be the first one to cast the stone. The House Business Committee is bigger than an individual. When we talk about removing a certain individual to preserve the dignity of this House, then we are missing the point. My understanding of the Standing Orders is that there are mechanisms and structures through which you can punish an errant Member of this House. Removing any name from this list does not mean that we have punished anyone. It does not mean that we are instilling discipline on any of the Members who are going to be removed. I am pleading with this House to let us rise above politics and issues that are going to further portray us in bad light. Let us pass this list. Standing Order Nos. 107 and 108 tell us how we can discipline persons who are said to have mis-conducted themselves. You began the Session of this House on a very positive note by saying that all of us did wrong. But because we did wrong, let us wait and see what happens by using our Standing Orders. If we make a mistake of rejecting this list today or even withdrawing it, the Coalitions will bring the same persons, then what? What are Members who are opposed to the list going to do about it? We are not sending any message. In any event, we are showing Kenyans that we have become so petty as a House and we are wasting the taxpayers’ money by sitting here. I am pleading with you, my brothers and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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