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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I will just give you some facts that even in the former dispensation before 27th August 2010, the officers who used to be referred to as Assistant Ministers would never sign anything that Parliament would receive. I do recall, but I do not want to mention the particular Member in the 9th Parliament because he is a Member in this Parliament also, when he was Assistant Minister for Health and he purported to sign an answer on behalf of the then Minister for Health and now a Governor somewhere, that is, the Governor for Kitui County. Those are some years back. That thing would never be accepted, so too should it be the case today with those people you are calling CASs. They have no authority to give an undertaking. In fact, if it is something where an undertaking is to be given and they do it orally, that is the equivalent of a roadside declaration! If it is to be in writing, it must be written. It must be under the signature of the Cabinet Secretary. The Constitution recognizes a Cabinet Secretary or a Principal Secretary. Those others can do those other things: go around there and do a few things, including discussing issues about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and others. The thing of giving an undertaking is a serious matter. That is why we have a Committee on Implementation so that if a Cabinet Secretary gives an undertaking and it is not done, then our 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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