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    "id": 884202,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "complaints that, probably, committees of this House, sometimes, do not act in a manner that upholds the integrity of the House. So, in my view, although you have made a ruling, I was just asking for this House to be certain and satisfied that there was no mischief. That neither a Member nor the Members of this Committee or even the Clerk’s Office, tried to play games by introducing a report in this House that is not factual and approved by the Committee. Therefore, this matter needs further investigation. This House has a way of investigating such matters. If you ask me, I am just going to plead with you to reconsider making a ruling that this was just an innocent mistake. For us to be comfortable, it was an innocent mistake. We need it to be investigated and a report given to us on how two reports with materially different recommendations landed on the Speaker’s Desk. Really, for a report to reach the Speaker’s Office is not by accident. The Clerk’s Office must look at it, and then it goes to the Director of Committees. We assume it goes to the Clerk of the National Assembly or someone senior who stands for him. Then, the Committee is supposed to adopt the report. So, introducing a report to your office, in my view, looks mischievous and we need clarity, certainty and confidence on the reports which we have been considering in this House. We need that reassurance because I am scared! Probably, we have passed reports which are not factual in this House."
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