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    "content": "Hon. John Mbadi, Member for Suba, why is your hand raised up? Do you want to respond to that? The Standing Order No.17(3) is very clear that the discharge takes effect upon the adoption of the Motion for replacement. It is perhaps high time that, even as we review the Standing Orders, we also review provisions relating to payment of allowances to those who do not contribute in the House or in Committees. This also applies to those who, when they are invited for workshops for which the House has paid, they absent themselves, yet we have paid for hotels and accommodation. It is a whole gamut of many things. As Members of PAC and PIC, it is up to you to look at this provision in our Standing Orders relating to the effective date of discharge and other areas. One may want to target an individual, but we also need to look at ourselves. We must begin with ourselves. We should not say that a Member who attends a Committee meeting, sits for 10 minutes, pretends that he is answering a phone call and disappears after having signed the attendance register, should be paid. These are all governance issues that we have to address. We are charged with that responsibility. I urge that we should not deal with this as a debate on Hon. T.J. Kajwang’. I will not allow any discussions on Hon. T.J. Kajwang’. We will leave that matter to be handled by the Auditor-General and the PSC."
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