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    "id": 617357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I wish to start by wishing all Members of the House the very best in this New Year and also inform them that real politics will start next year, especially for Members of Parliament. This year is meant for national politics so that you do not get burnt out by the time we get to the real assignment. I wish to support the amended Motion by our Chief Whip that was seconded by my good friend, Hon. Mwadeghu. This Committee is very important as a fulcrum around which most of our issues rotate. The Members of Parliament on the list have what it takes, are very serious professionals and so I support. However, I wanted to say that, as parties, there is a tendency to use committees to punish certain Members of Parliament because of the way those Members conduct themselves. So, I want to urge our leaders from various parties not to use committees to settle our political differences. This is really unfair. If you have issues settle them in your PGs because that is the best place to do that. Lastly, real issues that affect Kenyans or transformative issues should be given priority like the issue of the Judiciary; transformation in the area of security; transformation in the area of tourism and in our entire economy. These are the issues we should give priority other than the normal issues that we grapple with. I belong to a caucus called “Boresha Katiba Initiative” and we should look at what we can change in this House and what we can take to a referendum. We believe that a referendum should be taken as question No.7 in our next elections and not this year because we will confuse ourselves and start fighting politically for no apparent reason. Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks, I support this amended Motion for us to move on."
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