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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Wamalwa, it will be a little unfair for me, from the Chair here, to pretend to want to superintend the work of Departmental Committees. As members of a particular Departmental Committee, you know how you are supposed to deal with those kinds of internal matters, including processes provided for under Standing order No.193. You could check what that particular Standing Order provides. That way, I do not have to sit here myself to deal with matters that should be dealt with by the Committee. More particularly again, hon. Wamalwa, remember the Chair of the Committee reports to the Committee on Liaison. It is the Committee on Liaison who should be reporting now to the plenary of the House. If I purported now to intercede, it will be un-procedural and it will not be good for the House and the Chair to do so. Of course, even if a Chairperson is not present, the rules provide that you can get the Vice-Chair or any other Member to chair the meetings of a Committee. So, you should not feel inhibited by the mere absence of a chairperson. Those of us who have had the advantage of also chairing committees have done that liberally. I keep wondering why we cannot borrow a leaf from your very good neighbour the Member for Rarieda, who is the Chair of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). I find PAC being chaired by other Members. Is it not possible for you to borrow a leaf from hon. (Eng) Gumbo? I usually see from records that other Members Chair. The chairing of a Committee should not be tied to an individual, unless there are other issues which I may not be privy to myself from where I sit. Committees should find it easy to constitute themselves and appoint or elect a person to chair a particular sitting of that committee. For the time being, let me not make any particular comment or response to that. Maybe, hon. Wamalwa, since he is a member of the House Business Committee (HBC), could raise that matter in that other forum and, even better, before the Committee on Liaison. Hon. Katoo ole Metito."
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