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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "(iv) The Hon. Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga, MP (v) The Hon. Khatib Mwashetani, MP (vi) The Hon. Faith Wairimu Gitau, MP (vii) The Hon. David Pkosing, MP (viii) The Hon. David ole Sankok, MP (ix) The Hon. William Chepkut, MP (x) The Hon. Gladwell Jesire Cheruiyot, MP (xi) The Hon. John Kiarie, MP (xii) The Hon. William Kipkemo Kisang, MP (xiii) The Hon. Junet Sheikh Nuh Mohammed, MP (xiv) The Hon. Florence Mwikali Mutua, MP (xv) The Hon. Nicholas Tindi Mwale, MP (xvi) The Hon. (Dr.) Benson Makali Mulu, MP (xvii) The Hon. Owen Baya, MP (xviii) The Hon. Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim, MP (xix) The Hon. Catherine Wambilianga, MP This is a very important Committee because it is the one that sets the agenda for the House to constitute the various Committees. In the HBC this afternoon which the Speaker chaired, we have given a deadline because Tuesday is a public holiday. If the Motion for the extension of the House is agreeable tomorrow afternoon, then Wednesday or Thursday next week, the House will deal with the matter of approving Members to various Committees of the House. Another key agenda is the election of our membership to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) on Thursday, 14th December 2017. Next week will be a busy week for the House because the various Committees will elect their chairs and vice-chairs. I have passed the same message in the HBC that those of us in Jubilee are set and ready to work the whole weekend until Monday to ensure that on Wednesday morning, the Selection Committee sits to approve and adopt the list of Members to various Committees. We expect our colleagues now that they are back in full in the House to also sit the whole weekend until Monday. I am sure Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Junet are up to the task. So, that, at least, we go home when Members are in Committees and we know the chairs of the Departmental Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), our representatives to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), Pan-African Parliament and many other forums. That way, the business of the leadership of the House is complete by Thursday next week. We have looked at regional and gender balance and many other issues. The Committee on Selection is chaired by me and it has only one function. Once we select Members into various Committees, we will wait for another five years or in between if a Member misbehaves in their respective coalitions. The Whips do not need to notify you. They do not even need to tell you that we are sending you away. What they do is they write to the Speaker and say: “We have the following member removed from that Committee.” So, you only have the benefit of the approval here. There were so many cases like this in the last Parliament – mainly from our colleagues on the Opposition – and the House realised that you can remove a member, but the due process must be followed. I am sure that was captured in the new Standing Orders. That is unlike before when the Whip could sit at the lobby and tell his secretary: “Can you type a letter to remove Hon. Aden 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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