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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. I remember you had earlier asked me to nominate our Members to this Committee on Appointments, but I declined and gave reasons. As a Coalition, we had taken a position. However, since then, some developments have taken place which we are all aware of. Right now, circumstances have changed. Contrary to what Hon. Duale, the Leader of the Majority has said, that ‘ Baba’ has instructed: I do not really need to get instructions from ‘ Baba’ because I always know what he would think or what he has in mind in every situation. I am sure that he is now okay if we would have our Members in the Committee. Hon. Speaker, looking at the membership, you will realise that these are Members from the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition. I want to be very clear that NASA is still a coalition and those getting a little confused about this matter need to be informed that NASA remains a Coalition. I am the Leader of the Minority Party and I lead the NASA troops in this House. I know Hon. Duale was referring to some events happening in the Senate Chamber. I just want to ask my colleagues to focus ahead and forget what is playing out in another House. I do not anticipate any issues arising in the National Assembly. I want to lead a united team. In this list, we have four Members from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party. We have a Member each from Wiper, FORD (K) and African National Congress (ANC). That is the way we will go. We will make sure that all the NASA affiliate parties are represented. I consulted with my colleagues from these other partner parties before we brought the names to the House. I urge the House to support the Motion. There are no casualties likely to happen. I heard my friend Hon. Duale making my Deputy here jittery. I want to make my Deputy confident that his seat is safe and he should focus on delivering services to the NASA Coalition. We are rolling out in the coming days a programme on how we are going to oversee the Executive and the Majority side. We are going to play our role effectively. The only thing that is going to change is that we are going to co-operate on matters of national importance and major issues that are helping to move this country forward. We will definitely co-operate. That does not mean that NASA has issues. We may be seeing a lot of things happening out there but, in the National Assembly, I want to assure you once again and assure our supporters out there that we will work together. If anything, NASA summit still exists. The NASA Coalition agreement also exists. These are the issues that come about concerning sibling rivalry which are manageable. However, it should also be given to us. Actually, Kenya and more The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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