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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Chairman",
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    "content": "Hon. Dennitah Ghati, a Member is nominated to serve in a Committee by a party. What this proposal is suggesting is that you cannot also take away the right of a party to do internal party re-organisation and discipline. Nevertheless, for the Member to be de-whipped – which is what this really means – he needs to have been given an opportunity to be heard. The Member needs to be told: “You have transgressed in this and the other way. Can you appear before whatever…?” We expect some due process to be followed so that a Member is not just disadvantaged. The party also should appreciate that any member is here to perform the three roles of a legislator. It could have been minor disagreements with, maybe, some senior party honchos in the village or all manner of places. What this is trying to provide is that process. Even when the party writes to have a Member de-whipped, there should be evidence of being heard and whoever it is that will be chairing or the Speaker will demand to be given evidence of that process. That is what this amendment seeks to achieve. Hon. Nyikal."
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