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    "id": 1088217,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "When the directions were given by the Speaker, it is the same Speaker who should have facilitated the possibility of a committee travelling within three days. Instead of bashing the committees, we have come to give directions on how the staff were going to implement that, having orders given on Thursday. There are procurement processes and facilitation for Members to travel. It was not practical for Members to travel on Monday and therefore the directive could not be implemented. So, it is the Office of the Speaker to give an explanation of how that directive was going to be implemented. Secondly, committees require quorum to hold meetings. In our committee, there were no enough confirmations from Members who were ready to travel. I am told it was the same case in the Committee on Finance and Budget. We were asked to go to Vihiga and meet the governor. If we did not find him, we would have been told that we went there to meet junior officers who did not give us explanation. So, we acted in the best interest of the Senate. Most importantly, Sen. Khaniri was consulted on this issue and it is on record. The Chair reported that he spoke to Sen. Khaniri. If that is not the case, he will take personal responsibility. He said that he spoke to Sen. Khaniri about the possibility of going to Vihiga on Monday which was unlikely going to work. That is in the Committee’s HANSARD. Sen. Nyamunga here is my witness. He said that a practicable visiting time was sought---"
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