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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": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue that Hon. Ochieng has raised is weighty and fundamental. I think it goes to the core of Article 4(2) of the Constitution of this country. In the Constitution, it is clear that Kenya shall be a multiparty democracy. Therefore, we are at liberty to choose to make conscious decisions and choices to belong to any party without any coercion whatsoever. It is on record and clear, as Hon. Ochieng has said, that he made a choice to be in the MDG party. We have no quarrel with that. I just want to confirm that the MDG party is neither an affiliate of the NASA Coalition nor related to ODM in whichever way. As a matter of fact, we were in competition in Ugenya. However, Standing Order No.174(1) says that in nominating Members to serve in a select committee, the Committee on Selection shall ensure that the membership of each Committee reflects the relative majority of seats held by each of the parliamentary parties in the National Assembly. It is obvious that Hon. Ochieng’s MDG party is not a parliamentary party. Actually, it is a one-member party in this House and, therefore, this provision will leave him out. However, Hon. Speaker, it is again true that what he has read regarding Standing Order 174(2) that a Member who does not belong to a parliamentary party - because again Members of Parliament are supposed to provide oversight and you can provide oversight only through committees - can be accommodated. However, where I have a problem and on which you must rule, is that immediately this Parliament came into being, a tabulation and calculation was done based on parties' strengths and in all committees of Parliament, namely, departmental committees and other select committees - we agreed on the membership demography that is the number of slots that were for the Jubilee Party and those that were for the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition. We agreed at that 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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