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    "id": 1115083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order regarding two issues. First, last week on Thursday, I mentioned that I had a pending issue before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. They told us to hover around today for a miracle to happen, so that we are called to receive Statements and answers. As I indicated, we truly hovered around. At around five minutes to 10 o’clock, we were sent a short message stating: “Sorry for the inconvenience. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) will not be available to answer your Questions or issue Statements.” This is becoming unbearable, frustrating and extremely inconveniencing. Pursuant to what the Leader of the Majority Party said, we need to find a way. When you tell Members of Parliament to come for their Statements on a particular day, you know very well that now that we are at the tail-end of the Session, we will forgo other activities to come and receive the Statements because we asked for them on behalf of the public. We need to find a way. Secondly, I had a discussion with the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. There is a Statement that has been pending since February this year. He sent me a soft copy on 23rd August. I have been patiently waiting for it to be tabled in the House but it has not been forthcoming. I seek your indulgence and guidance on those two issues."
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