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    "id": 567571,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/567571/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "11th Parliament. A sitting of a Committee of the House was turned into a political rally. Members of Parliament who do not belong to that Committee, within their rights, attended the Committee proceedings in large numbers. It is very clear, under Standing Order No. 195, how Members of Parliament who are not members of a Committee can participate in the proceedings of a committee. They have a right to participate but they do not have the right to partake in any voting. Participation in proceedings of a committee by non-Members of that committee does not entail disruption of such proceedings. What happened yesterday was that Members who do not belong to that Committee invaded the meeting and eventually disrupted the proceedings. The end result was that, as the initiator of the Question that was supposed to be responded to by the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning, I was unable to successfully prosecute it. This happened in full glare of the public. That is a trend which cannot be allowed to take root in this House, because doing so would be setting a very dangerous precedent. It is not right that Members of Parliament can gang up and disrupt proceedings of a committee because they do not agree with the issues raised with a particular CS. It entrenches the culture of impunity that we have been fighting against in this country. In your ruling---"
}