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    "id": 835548,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "15. The Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi, MP, be appointed to the Select Committee on National Government-Constituencies Development Fund to replace the Hon. James Lusweti Mukwe, MP. The procedure of coming up with this matter was followed and in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 173(1), the Committee on Selection, in consultation with parliamentary parties, is mandated to nominate members to serve in various committees. The changes to committee membership was adopted by the Committee on Selection on 30th August 2018, and thereafter, the list went through the House Business Committee before scheduling it on today’s Order Paper. The process was followed prior to scheduling of the Motion as required by the National Assembly Standing Orders and the general parliamentary practice. This Motion has been occasioned by the need to harmonise committee membership to ensure that all Members are represented in committees. More importantly, there are four Members who since the beginning of this Session have not been in any committee for various reasons. They include, Hon. Nyenze, Member for Kitui West, Member for Baringo South following the death of our sister Hon. Grace Kipchoim, Hon. Member for Mombasa County, Hon. Asha Mohamed and of course the Hon. Member for Kilgoris. Those four Members were not in any committee. This is a function of parliamentary parties. If you read Standing Order Nos. 173, 174, 175, and 176, it is only on Standing Order No. 176 where the Parliamentary whips have the powers to de-whip. We have not de-whipped anybody. If whips want to de-whip Members, they must follow the procedure stipulated in the revised Standing 176, where fair and due process is given, the Speaker is given a period and the Member is given an opportunity. Let me make it very clear, the leadership has only harmonised. Hon. Speaker, I want to go on record. This morning, I was given an order from the political party tribunal that wants to direct the majority and the minority on how we bless Members. Let me send a warning to the men and women who run the Political Parties Tribunal. You messed the political parties’ nomination, you made sure that Hon. Oyoo stayed at the Supreme Court until one day to the election. We will not allow you to run the legislature. That order was talking about opposition. There is no opposition, there is minority and majority. The purported Secretary General of ANC, Hon. Barrack Muluka…"
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