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    "id": 919102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I oppose this amendment which proposes to delete the sub-clauses. This is the Parliamentary Service Commission. For the first time, the leadership of the Commission are not Members. The Bill is very clear under Clause 13(3) that a person co-opted under Subsection (2) shall have no right to vote at any meeting of the committee. The Whips and the leadership might sometimes be asked to attend the Commission meetings to present the grievances of our Members. We have not been given voting rights, and we will not vote. We represent Members. The Whips represent Members and parties. If I go to the Commission as the Leader of the Majority Party and I have no vote, there is nothing wrong with that. Members come to my office with issues. Clause 13(3) of the Bill says that a person co-opted under Subsection (2) shall have no right to vote on any meeting of the committee. I do not want to have any voting rights. In the old Commission, the Vice-President, who was the Leader of Government Business used to be the Vice-Chair of the Commission. This is not offensive. I ask the Chair to withdraw that amendment. Do not explain. You have explained. What else do you want to explain? When Hon. Mbadi, our Majority Whip, or even my deputy have issues from their Members, we are not saying that we want to sit on the Commission. We want to be co-opted to present the issues before the Commission when need arises without joining the Commission. Right now, when we hear issues, we have to wait for the leadership meeting. Members come to my office, and they did so even today. Do I have to look for individual commissioners? I talk to commissioners and they can still help me. Maybe there is a matter where a commissioner wants to convince me to take their matter to the Commission."
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