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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the proposed amendments ably moved by Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ and seconded by my brother, Hon. Didmus. Before I comment, allow me to congratulate the Committee on Procedure and House Rules. I made this request just a day before yesterday and it was out of the concern we have had when we were trying to foresee how Members would participate in these committees. When I made this proposal… I want to thank the committee for taking it up very quickly and they convened a meeting. Even today they have made these notes and they have already brought a Motion to the Floor. I am sure this is going to help us cure the problem that we would have otherwise had while identifying Members to serve in particular committees. Out of experience, because I was in the leadership of the previous House as the Deputy Whip of the Majority Party…. For those who may not know, I have served as deputy whip in two Parliaments: the 10th and 11th Parliaments. For me to serve as the Chief Whip, I think, is out of the good service I have provided in this House. That is why out of experience I am now able to suggest and propose - I am sure my brother Mbadi is listening to this - amendments that would cure problems that we have experienced in previous Houses. In the 11th Parliament, you would find a Member is a commissioner, a chair and a senior member of another committee; serving three committees while in the same House we have a Member who is serving in only one committee. We thought this should not continue while we have this knowledge. That is why I will keep thanking this committee for moving very fast. The proposal to belong to two committees, one departmental and the other select, provides a lot of fairness to Members. We want to believe that all of us are equal. When you were campaigning in your constituency to come to Parliament, I do not think anybody campaigns much more than the other. Therefore, we come here as equal Members of Parliament. We also need the House and the House leadership to consider us as that. The rest is administrative. Whatever departmental committee the leadership will consider, I think Members will not mind as long as there is an aspect of fairness. The proposal of a chair participating in only one committee is useful to both the chair and the House and for institutional memory. Previously, you would find that a chair who is also a 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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