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    "content": "or that Committee and encourage us that within the Commonwealth jurisdictions most work is done in Committees. Plenary more often than not ends up with a stamp of approval on what Committees have done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that Members would have loved to serve on certain Committees of their choice, but the leadership has some difficulties in allocating everybody what they want. I want to encourage us that whichever Committee we find ourselves in, let us try to put all we can in it, so that you can make a difference. Of particular mention is the absence of the Committee on Implementation, which we raised in the Senate Business Committee. It is absolutely important, and even in our sister House - the “lower” House - they have a Committee on Implementation, which has to do tracking and follow up on implementation of resolutions passed in Committees and in this Plenary. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, in the next few days or weeks, by the time we come back, we should bring back the Committee on Implementation and constitute the membership, so that it can help this House. We will also obligate that Committee to make periodic reports to the House, so that whatever resolutions we make against either the national Government or departments, the House must track to know whether what we have said has been done. I also want to point out the structure of the Order Paper. This may look simple, but it is within Standing Order No.1, where precedence and usage are part of our structures. From the time I came to Parliament in 1993, the formation of names on any matter of Parliament--- If it is my elder brother, Sen. Yusuf Haji, it should be written; ‘Sen. Yusuf Haji, (EGH), MP.’ If it Sen. Murkomen it should be ‘Sen. Murkomen (EGH), MP;’ it is not just the names as they are written. That is the case if you look at the HANSARD reports of all the years past. I mentioned it to the Clerk and he said that they were in a great hurry and the list came as it was from the leadership offices. I want to encourage Sen. Murkomen and myself that our offices and those of the Whips should also take note of this. For example, when we write out the name of Sen. Wako, it should be ‘Sen. S. Amos Wako, (EGH), MP,’ and not just Sen. Amos Wako and so on and so forth. So, those of you who have any additions and accolades to your names, furnish them with your Whips, so that you are acknowledged. This is because they do not come easy, except the ‘ githeri man,’ who was just honoured by the State for standing with a plastic bag of githeri on a queue to vote in a flawed and rigged election."
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