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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " When you are new and you want to start with bad habits, you may end up with bad habits for years. I would urge that some of these Members like Hon. Tindi Mwale learn some good habits. There is debate in this House; you will get your opportunity. What I was saying is that there are some Members who have not had committees, like Hon. Edith Nyenze from my side and the Member for Mombasa County. I want to also add that the media misreported that we have recommended removal of Members from Committees. It is far from it. Actually, the media attributed that to an event which took place on 26th of last month. These names were presented to the Leader of the Majority Party, as the Chair of the Committee on Selection, a few days before we went on recess. And it was informed by changes that we thought would make these Committees function better and to be fair to all Members. If it was a matter of punishment, as the Leader of the Majority Party said, TJ Kajwang’ would have been de-whipped from all the Committees because he actually misbehaved a lot on that 26th by disobeying not only the party position but also the leader of that party in the House. You will see in this Motion that Hon. TJ Kajwang’ is one of the beneficiaries of these changes. Why? Because, despite his experience, capacity and commitment to parliamentary duty—and I 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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