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    "content": "I would like to look at these proposals far away from the person who wrote this memorandum. I want to look at these proposals as a Member of Parliament who believes in a good country that is governed by law and look at them without having these hangers on who proposed what. I have been in this Parliament for my third term and it has been difficult. We go and queue for two to three hours seeking for an opportunity to see a Cabinet Secretary, and there is no place to question them. Some Cabinet Secretaries have reached their terms without anyone knowing even their names in this Assembly because we do not know what they do, how they do what they do because there is no chance to question them. What is being proposed is not for them to come and sit on the Floor because they are not Members, but get a place for them where Members can question them publicly. Proposals are being made that we can do that in the Committees or cover the Committee sessions live but having Cabinet Secretaries come to this House at an allocated time and being questioned publicly will improve governance, make our work easier and make the work of the Committee Chairs easier. We are not rolling back; we are making it better. We are improving our governance structures. Yes, you would ask why then we cannot go the whole hog and make the Cabinet Secretaries come to this House, a desirable position. We are trying to do with what we have. That before we change the Constitution and make Cabinet Secretaries come to this House, a way must be found. I, therefore, request Members to look at these proposals for what they are and not the person moving them. This is because any of us could still move these amendments and still make them law. With those many words, I beg to second and ask Members to support. Thank you."
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