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    "id": 1072971,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "among other instabilities, therefore, ensuring sustainability of open government discourse. Mr. Speaker, Sir, commitment in the action plan includes beneficial ownership, transparency and open contracting. I think that is very important especially with our counties and procurement processes. There is open data for development. It is good to note that we already have the Data Protection Act in place. I have seen the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology has gazzetted the regulations. Public participation is key in government decision making and legislative openness. For us under Article 118, public participation is a key component especially through our legislative process in Parliament in this Republic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to improving public service delivery performance and access to information, I think Access to Information Act has been appended and assented to by the President. We hope that the Ministry concerned will ensure regulations on the Access to Information Act are gazetted or put in place to ensure there is access to justice, which we discussed in the morning. For us, this to be in our Constitution is key and important. There is also building open government resilience. Parliaments continue to be key players in supporting and delivering open governance reforms in this country. They play a critical role of oversight in open governance, completeness, legislative action and building support for the reformers. The legislature in its power to legislate and allocate resources plays a key role in supporting sustainable open government reforms. Legislation and budgetary resources help to ensure that the executive branch of OGP commitment are sustainable and effectively implemented. This is a specific need for OGP in Kenya, a proactive stance by the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to insist this. Proactive stance by the Senate in this case will help to ensure the institutionalization and effective implementation of commitments in our action plan. The legislature has constitutional responsibility of overseeing Government activity including Government implementation of the action plan. Although the OGP is independent, reporting mechanism provides valuable feedback on the implementation of the action plan. Parliamentary oversight itself increases the likelihood that actions are taken in response to the feedback and providing valuable accountability to encourage full implementation of action plan commitment. This is a crucial need to overcome the implementation gap. For instance, a public hearing that reviews progress on commitments or the independent reporting mechanism report maybe valuable addition to the review process, in particular, if these hearings are conducted in a professional and constructive manner. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I therefore, urge the Senate in exercising its constitutional mandate to engage with the relevant Government agencies with a view to ensuring an equitable access to vaccines whichever the Government approves, through the Pharmacies and Poisons Board (PPB). Also, table measures to ensure debt transparency especially borrowing by Government and other institutions. In conclusion, I thank your office since you have been very instrumental in ensuring open governance. The Deputy Majority Leader, Sen. Dullo, has also been very"
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