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    "id": 811133,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I have not contributed to anything since the House began because I wanted to use my time properly for the Motion that we are just about to enter into. I have a point of order in terms of the propriety of this Motion. This Motion perplexes me for so many reasons. For now I do not want to contribute on the merit, but I want to look at the way the Motion has been drafted and brought before us. It is titled, “Committee of Ways and Means.” The Question I ask is do we have a Committee of Ways and Means? Committees in this House are governed by Article 124 of the Constitution which says: “Each House of Parliament will establish committees and shall make Standing Orders for the orderly conduct of its proceedings, including proceedings of the committees.” It presupposes that the committees are in the Standing Orders and the committees that would competently look at a matter in the House whether in plenary or the Committee of the whole House or otherwise, must be found somewhere in the Standing Orders. I am aware that Committee of Ways and Means used to be here up to the 10th Parliament. With the new Constitution, the Committee of Ways and Means effectively became the Committee of Supply or Vote on Account. The Committee of Supply deals with Budget and 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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