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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Chris Wamalwa, I am a ranking Member of this House and the Leader of the Majority Party. The matter raised by Hon. Jakoyo is one that needs the Chair’s guidance. As you make your communication, you need to look at the following:- First, there is nothing in the Standing Orders that says that under a presidential system of government, there is no Hon. Member of Parliament who represents the Government in Parliamentary Committees. Hon. Members represent the people. That is very clear. Secondly, in the Standing Orders, party strength is considered when the Selection Committee, which I chair, is nominating Members to committees. Even when there is lack of quorum in a Committee, there is no Committee that sits and says that until and unless a certain Member of a certain party comes, deliberations of that Committee will not take place. There are reports of Committees which have been tabled in this House in the last three years. Out of the 29 members of a Committee, 15 or 16 of them who adopted the report were from one political party. Those reports have been debated and considered. There are a number of them. Your guidance must be based on the Standing Orders. Is there a provision in the Standing Orders that says; “If Hon. Aden Duale is not sitting in that Committee, the business of that committee cannot continue?” Thirdly, and more fundamentally - and you must answer this question - hypothetically, if today I decide to withdraw all the Members of the Jubilee Coalition from the Budget and Appropriations Committee, during the budget cycle, does that mean that the remaining members cannot discuss the budget?"
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