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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "There is another Kamukunji chaired by the Member for Kikuyu. In seconding this Motion, I want to congratulate you for choosing Hon. Omulele who has been in this House for only three years but has presented himself as an understanding Member. He is not extreme on either side. The Chairperson’s Panel is the Committee that is supposed to hold this House together. A Member of that Panel should be a neutral person and one who can guide the House in the right direction. I have no doubts that Hon. Omulele is up to the task. Standing Order Nos. 16 and 17 talk about the Chairperson’s Panel. As the Leader of the Majority Party has put it, the notice of discharge in accordance with Standing Order No. 17(1) was issued on 12th April 2016 and on 23rd April 2016. The minutes of the House Business Committee (HBC) show that the matter was raised. Let me read part of the response of Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD): “The Committee was informed that the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) was yet to submit a replacement for the third Chairperson of Committees to the Speaker’s Panel. The leadership of the coalition undertook to submit the name of the Member to replace Hon. Kajwang’.” That was in April, and we only have four days to August. The Speaker showed leadership by nominating a Member for the House to decide. It is good for Members to know that Standing Order No. 16(4) states: “Whenever a Motion for approval under Paragraph (3) is moved in the House, no objection against the proposed membership on the Chairperson’s Panel of any particular Member shall be permitted and objections, if any, shall be formulated and considered against the proposed membership as a whole.” In my view, there shall be no objection to the name of Hon. Omulele as a person but should there be any, it should be to the entire Chairperson’s Panel. This goes hand in hand with the Communication that you made yesterday with regard to Standing Order No. 16(5) that, in nominating the members of the Chairperson’s Panel, the Speaker and the HBC shall have regard to the relative party majorities in the House and shall ensure, so far as shall be practicable, that at least one member of the panel is from either gender. Through your wise counsel, the composition of the entire Committee will be 50 to 50 in terms of gender. I think all parties in the coalitions have been taken care of. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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