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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I am a very senior Member and so, there is no point of order on you. I have two issues. This is a very healthy debate. First, Hon. Jakoyo has made a serious allegation which, I think, he needs to substantiate. The issue is on the membership of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, who are our own colleagues. This happened even in the last Session. Hon. Speaker, I will indulge you to order Hon. Jakoyo to either withdraw or table evidence showing each and every member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is involved, so that as we go forward and debate and decide on the reconstitution, we know what is at stake. Secondly, the other one is also in order. Hon. Jakoyo is in order to collect signatures in anticipation of amending the Standing Orders within the provision of Standing Order Nos. 262 and 263 subtitled, “Amendments to Standing Orders.” After he collects signatures and puts the Motion, Standing Order 263(4) says:- “The Procedure and House Rules Committee shall, within twenty one days of the receipt of a request under paragraph (3), consider the request and table a report in the House containing the amendments proposed in the request and the recommendations of the Committee on each such proposal.” This House has a say on that. Hon. Speaker, if you approve that today, we will have 21 days from today and if the House agrees, we will come back and reconstitute. As I have said, the leadership of this House is also Members of Parliament. They are not super-human beings. That does not happen. The Chair got the privilege through voting of our Members here. So, when you say that you want all committee chairs to be members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, that must be done through an amendment to the Standing Orders, which is a long process and which, ultimately, this House has to approve. Coming back to it, this is a House of records. Hon. Jakoyo must provide evidence on where the Budget and Appropriations Committee members have gained."
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