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    "id": 617355,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to support what Hon. Duale said from the perspective that even when political parties may make decisions about whether they are going to allow certain Members to be members of committees or not, democracy allows that the reason why they were removed from the committee be given. In the Third Session I remember I was unceremoniously removed from the Budget and Appropriations Committee without any reason or recourse and I frequently raised that issue. In fact, my removal was never even tabled on the Floor of this House. The Chairperson of the Committee just informed me that my name had been deleted from the list for reasons which I did not want to ask, but as dignified Members of this House, we need to treat each other fairly and reasonably when it comes to such matters. Finally, I would like to make a suggestion that even though this is an internal matter, it is something that the Clerk would have to look at because sometimes we crisscross from one committee to the other. Most of our business, when it comes to committees, is merged in such a way that we can have two committees meeting at the same venue but at different times instead of us having one committee, for example, in Nairobi and another one in Mombasa. Sometimes it creates unnecessary inconvenience to Members of the House. Otherwise I support and thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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