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    "id": 892536,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to issue a Statement on declaration of interest during a committee sitting in accordance with Standing Order No.90 of the National Assembly. The Departmental Committee on Education and Research held a meeting with officials from the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) on 26th March 2019. The Committee had invited the unionists to present their views on the Petition on delocalisation policy and its impact on teachers. During the preliminaries, I drew the attention of Members to Standing Order No.90 on declaration of interest in regard to the issue on the Committee’s agenda. I requested Members who may have conflict of interest over the matters before the Committee to declare their interest. Three Hon. Members declared that they had interest in the matters before that Committee by virtue of being members of KNUT and KUPPET respectively. I reiterated to the members that they should be conscious of the conflict of interest during Committee deliberations. During discussions, I had to interrupt debate to remind members on the conflict of interest aspect which was coming out every other time during the discussion. I emphasised the point that Members were first and foremost participating and speaking to the matters under deliberation as Members of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research and not as union representatives. Arising from the above discourse, I wish to seek your guidance over the following: 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."
}