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    "id": 1124605,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "(3) A Cabinet Secretary shall attend before a committee of the National Assembly, or the Senate, when required by the committee, and answer any question concerning a matter for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible. (4) Cabinet Secretaries shall- (a) act in accordance with this Constitution; and (b) provide Parliament with full and regular reports concerning matters under their control.” What I want to appeal to you, is that we must also have uniformity. When we say the Constitution must be respected, then that must be implemented by all the Committees. Because the moment one Committee allows a CAS, another one does not, so that it starts looking like one Committee looks nice because they are flexible and yet the Constitution is not flexible. You are just implementing what the Constitution says and you are within the law. So, even as I make that ruling, I want to appeal to all Committees to be uniform because you represent the Senate and the decision we take as a Senate is a decision of the Senate. It is not personal discretion of that particular Committee to allow or not to allow. You are just implementing the Constitution. Next Order. Proceed, Sen. Sakaja."
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