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    "id": 825122,
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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": " I have heard what the Members have said and I have heard what Hon. Wanga has talked about with regard to timelines. There are Members who have said that it will gag the participation of membership. This is just about questions to committees. Remember there is nothing that goes to the committee that does not come to this House. But on the specific one which is on questions, it is particular Members who have asked specific questions. If other Members would want to contribute specifically on questions, they can also ask their own questions. It used to happen. You said I am a ranking Member. Indeed, I am and I know that even when you are asking the supplementary questions, they must be as closely related as possible. If I ask for a road in my constituency, you should not come and ask a supplementary question on a road in your constituency. It should be a policy on issue of road maintenance, for example. On this basic thing, we were not very interested in other issues, we were looking specifically at the issue of questions in committees so that we do not go to committees, bully the chair and find out whether the Cabinet Secretary can answer a question which you did not even ask in the first place. Hon. Members, let us accept this because with what the Leader of the Majority Party has introduced, he has given us an opportunity to improve this with time. This is good for all of us. It is something which we will sit as a committee and improve on. For my friend Hon. Washiali, surely, he was in the Committee which discussed this and it is only yesterday. I was actually very surprised when he contributed negating what we agreed unanimously in the Committee. I beg you Members, this is good for all of us, let us proceed, we will improve it. This is a new thing. As I wind up, remember in the last Parliament we brought up this issue of Question Time and it was hit by waves because it was said that we are introducing parliamentary system through the back door. Allow this to move, and then we will improve on it as we go by."
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