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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is on two things. One is on Chairpersons who do not appear before the Senate to respond to statement requests. It is in the public domain that in the United Kingdom (UK) in the House of Lords, a Member offered to resign because he was not at his position at the time when he was expected to respond to a question. What kind of precedent are we creating in this House where since we resumed sittings, you have been calling out Chairpersons of Committees, but they do not respond and Members of those Committees are not giving indications on when these statements will be read? I beg you to crack the whip and give a strict notice to Chairpersons. There is a reason why they are Chairpersons. They have big offices and get some extra allowances as Chairpersons. They fought for those positions. They should come to this House and respond. There are almost 30 statements here. If we are going to proceed this way, then it will be useless. I have a statement that I want to request, but I know that it will be No.35. Maybe, it will be reached in the year 2022. I beg you to crack the whip. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second bit I think has been canvassed by Sen. Khaniri. However, I just want to emphasize that Chairpersons should not be coming back to this House and telling us stories about what the CS did or did not. It is the statement of the Chairperson and not the CS. You ruled on this. I remember you made a Communication from the Chair that when a statement is requested, the Chairpersons should bring the Committee’s report and not the CS’s report. So, I urge Chairpersons to filter what they bring back to this House."
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