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    "id": 1086280,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Even as I allow the Chairperson to respond, we are still not in business. Let me also say this: When the idea of statements was first brought after the promulgation of the new Constitution, it was because it was known that there will be no ministers in the House. The assumption was that when a request is made for a statement and somebody from the Executive pens down some statement with his or her hand, it would be something that is truthful, factual and a document that you can present before any institution and defend. That was the assumption. Those are the traditions. I am not too sure whether Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ was with us when we were trying to make some reviews when we visited France. There, a minister would come, read their statement and table it, and there are no questions because you can vouch for what is contained in it. But the statements that are being read here - and you cannot blame the Committee Chairpersons - you just wonder about what kind of people work in the Executive. Listening to that statement, you wonder: “Does this person believe that the statement is being given to a kindergarten class or to adults who represent voters?” You can never make sense out of some of them. The unfortunate thing is that, since we do not have the Executive here, it is the chairperson who takes the flak. Yet we know very well, even as Hon. Sankok says that the Chairman must learn some Maasai and know"
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