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    "speaker_name": "Ganze, PAA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kenneth Tungule",
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    "content": "own, they can come up with their own programs without involving the governors. They can visit those counties and follow up on the monies that were sent there by the national Government. In doing so, it is going to bring a lot of value to the monies that are sent there. Once governors know that senators can come there without relying on them for facilitation, I think a lot of good work is going to happen at the counties and this will benefit the country. The issue of CSs coming to the Floor of the House to answer Questions is a good idea. As it is right now, it is the Committee Chairmen who take responsibility of answering Questions in this House. Most of the answers that are given here are generic and not satisfactory to most of the Members. The Members have no avenue to ask further questions because it may take another two to three weeks for them to get an answer to a supplementary question. Once those CSs come to this House, they will be prepared enough for the Questions. They will give satisfactory answers, and if there are any follow up questions from the Members, it will be easy for the CS to give answers as well. I support the idea that those CSs need to come to the House to answer Questions from the MPs. The issue of two-thirds gender rule has been an elusive one in this House. There have been many attempts by this House to crack it in vain. This amendment gives a formula on how to achieve that. It is not beginning in this House, because I know it has happened in the counties where we have been having gender top-ups. We can also do it here so that we can once and for all get a solution to that kind of problem. The only issue here, maybe, is a complication that has been brought about by the Supreme Court when they allowed the issue of LGBTQ. They sort of re-defined the meaning of gender once that rule is approved in this country. This is the reason why this Parliament needs to refuse the ruling by the Supreme Court. We used to know gender as either male or female, but with this new ruling that has come into being, it means gender has now expanded. We have male, female, gays, lesbians, queer and all those things. It means now there will be a lack of clarity on how we are going to achieve the two-thirds gender rule again. It is not about male and female anymore because the scope of gender has been expanded. This is another reason why we need, as Parliament, to make sure that the ruling does not come into effect in this country. Finally, I support the issue of the Office of the Official Opposition Leader. Government needs checks and balances. The best person to do that is the runners up in an election. Once this person is facilitated using Government funds, I know he or she is going to keep the Government in power on toes, which is good for the running of the country. It provides enough oversight and this is going to be of benefit to the people of the country at large."
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