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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the way forward, I had an issue with gagging and including some Members in the Committee. The Report is specific. It states that at least six Members should remain for purposes of continuity. However, I would have wished that this work is left to the Committee on Selection so that it exercises some discretion and decides the Members who are supposed to be in this Committee. I also support this Report because it is going to be a wakeup call on many honourable Members who come up with wild allegations. This House is going down because of wild allegations. We have seen it in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives and in Tokyo. Some of us had gone to Tokyo and there were wild allegations. We were then asked to report what had happened. So, it is important to insist on substantiation. If we increase the threshold then we will not be entertaining people to come here with a view of messing up people’s names for the sake of it. It is good that the Report is coming up with tough recommendations. In case you have allegations against any hon. Member, you must stand up and substantiate. When you withdraw, the way hon. Cecily Mbarire had done--- I am very sorry about what happened, but the reputation of that particular Member has already gone down. So, even if you withdraw at that particular time the damage has already been done. What will 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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