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    "content": "(b) subject to standing orders made under paragraph (a), establish committees in such manner and for such general or special purposes as it thinks fit, and regulate the procedure of any committee so established”. The Committees are thus creatures of the House to which they must report back their findings. Once a Committee has tabled a report on its findings, the report together with the Minutes of the proceedings of the Committee and with such note or record of any evidence taken become the Journals and Records of the House. It, therefore, follows that such reports remain under the custody of the House whether the House is dissolved or not. In the British House of Commons, Erskine May, an authority on Parliamentary practice and procedure, in his book Parliamentary Practice 23rd Edition, states: “A report, once made to the House and ordered to be printed cannot be withdrawn except by a further order of the House.” Indeed, in our case, the House has deliberated on reports that were tabled in previous Parliaments. On 17th October, 2002, the Eleventh Report of the Public Investments Committee on Accounts of State Corporations was tabled and a Notice of Motion to adopt it given by the Chairman of the Committee. Upon dissolution of that Eighth Parliament and commencement of the Ninth Parliament, the report was re-tabled on 3rd July, 2003 and a notice of Motion for its adoption given on even date by the Chairman. As to whether a Member, who was not a Member of a Committee of a previous Parliament that compiled and tabled a report, can table the report again and give notice of Motion for its adoption, we have precedents in our Parliament which are close to the situation at hand. This relates to the tabling and deliberation of the Reports of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya Accounts for the years 2001/2002; 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. The Reports were tabled on 17th October, 2007 and upon dissolution of the Ninth Parliament, were re-tabled on 22nd April, 2008 in this current Tenth Parliament. The Notices of Motions for adoption of the Reports were given by Hon. Ekwee Ethuro for the 2001/2002 Report and hon. Fahim Twaha for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 Reports. The two Members, who were re-elected had served in the respective Committees in the previous Parliament and that is why they moved the Motions of adoption. Hon. Members, the notice of Motion given by Mr. Imanyara relates to a report of a Joint Committee which made inquiry into a specific matter and made a report on it. By all means a Joint Committee is an ad hoc committee which ends its mandate with the tabling of its report in the House. I wish to once again quote Erskine May. On pages 718 and 719, of his book on"
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