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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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    "content": "this has never happened and the situation is very common in many countries. I am sure the House of Representatives in the US Congress are trying to see how to deal with these matters. Same to the House of Commons and the South African Parliament. Such rules will ensure that there is uniformity, especially among committees, with regard to remote participation of Members in the proceedings of a committee. There is, however, an important element I need to mention particularly, what was happening with the Zoom technology. Please, the moment you want to participate using this technology, you must make sure that your mind, heart and physical presence are there. How you play what you are wearing, where you are and what you are talking to is very important. I am sure Hon. Musimba will tell you. He knows this area. So, if you decide to participate in what we are doing, then the whole of you must be on that business. Otherwise, it can cost you your seat. I am serious. You cannot scratch some places you are not supposed to. When your microphone must be mute, it must be mute. This is the reason I decided to speak. Hon. Deputy Speaker and Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ spoke from a technical point of view. Even at home, there are times when you see some…I agree, I do not have a WhatsApp account. I wish I could join him. When you do not have a WhatsApp account, you lead a very good life in Kenya. He has none. If I have to look for him, I do so through text messaging. Please, let us make sure that our minds and everything else are focused on what we are doing. Secondly, as it has been noted, there is no legislature which has fully embraced these kinds of proceedings on a substantive legislative business. Whereas some Committees, including the Procedure and House Rules Committee have had hybrid sitting, each managed the issues individually. I am sure you will not vote. You will not be allowed to vote this way. What if your girlfriend or wife votes? Your vote represents the people. Your wife does not represent the constituency. The only constituency you can represent is your family – your home. That is the only way you can delegate. Further, you need to introduce electronic technology where you can vote biometrically. That is when we can confirm it is not your son, daughter, house girl or houseboy but you who voted. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Members will also agree with me that everyone in the country is looking at how the national leadership will tackle the raging pandemic. This is an important step towards offering a national example through application of social distancing protocols using technology. Parliament has led by example. We want to make sure that we implement social distancing using technology. People say that Parliament is not working. I am repeating because people tomorrow will say that Parliament is not working. They will say that we have gone for recess for one month. What is going on recess? Let me go on record that it is only the plenary sittings that do not take place when we are on recess. Parliament will be busy throughout May from what the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee has said. A work programme has been drawn commencing the week starting 14th May 2020 to the first week of June, when the House will be back. Committees will be interrogating the Financial Estimates submitted by the National Treasury. The Finance and National Planning Committee has extra work of interrogating the Finance Bill. I am sure that the Committee on Delegated Legislation will deal with more regulations coming from the national Government. The National Assembly is not going on holiday. This is how the National Assembly works, being the budget-making House of the Parliament of Kenya. Before the Minister for the National Treasury presents his Budget in Parliament, Committees of the National Assembly must interrogate the Estimates. The Budget and Appropriations Committee must bring a report to this House and upon the approval of that report, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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