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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion. In doing so, let me start by saying that looking at the list of the Members that have been put on this Committee, you will realise that the terms of everybody who sat on this Committee in the previous session have been renewed except me. I am the only one who has been dropped from this Committee. I would like to state that I do not think I was dropped because of non-performance but I think it is because of other political considerations. My Chairman will bear me witness. I accept the decision of the Jubilee Party because I was nominated to that Committee by it because at that time I was a Member of the United Democratic Forum (UDF) which was working with Jubilee. So, I accept the decision but it must be on record that I have been dropped, not because of nonperformance but because of other political considerations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Committee of this House. The key mandate of this House as stipulated in the Constitution is legislation, representation and oversight. The CPAIC is vested with that responsibility of oversight over counties. Therefore, it is a very important Committee. I sat in it in the last four sessions. I can guarantee you that this Committee is like a full time job. It is so much time-consuming. I urge the Senators who have been put in the Committee as requested by the Mover, to try and spare time because we were lagging behind. We were still looking at the accounts of 2014/2015. We have not even started looking at 2015/2016. With the rampant corruption that we witness in our counties, it is absolutely important that this Committee is supported and given all that is required to ensure that they provide checks and balances to what is happening in the counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, wish them well. I beg to second."
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