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    "id": 821242,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/821242/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to note that it is not out of order for any Committee to have seven Members. Our Standing Order No. 185 is clear that a Committee should have not less than seven and not more than nine Members. However, any Committee set up in this House must adhere to the ratios provided for of minority and majority sides, such that the two Members being added should be one from majority and one from minority, so as to maintain the balance. That is where the contention is. Consultation helps and I hope Sen. M. Kajwang would understand that, so that he can drop one of the names he has proposed and get one name from the majority side. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I notice that the proposed names in the Committee are from the producers, whereas, he should also get some from the consumers of this maize. Many of them are from my county. He can take one of the Senators in my County delegation and not me because the biggest consumer of maize is Nairobi. We have Sen. Omanga, Sen. Farhiya, Sen. Mugo and many others. So, it is not just about the producers, but the consumers must also be represented."
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