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    "id": 824984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "The second thing I find very good is the fact that, I can raise or any Member can raise a supplementary question before a matter is sent to the committee and the committee deliberates on it. This gives Members an opportunity to raise supplementary questions on issues that are of concern to the constituents that probably another Member had raised. A supplementary question would also come in to help the committee to deliberate on such issues or have a Cabinet Secretary answering two questions at the same time under the main question. I beg Members to support this. I have heard a few of us being disgruntled by the issue of friends of committees not being allowed into committees without prior notice. It is all in the sake of creating order. Therefore, I want to beg Hon. Members for the sake of the integrity of this House, to support this point. We are not saying that with these new changes we will exclude Members from sitting in committees. You are still a Member of Parliament and you can still sit in any committee you desire to sit in, the only new change is that, before you appear before that committee, you need to communicate why you want to appear and what issues you want to raise. This will ensure that you are also giving precedence to Members of the Committee. The chairpersons have a prerogative to only give precedence to substantive Members of a committee before inviting friends of committees. We are not saying that we exclude anybody from committee sittings, we will still be able to appear before committees but with the knowledge by the membership of that committee on what issues the friend is coming to raise and also give you an opportunity to interact better with the Members of the committee."
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