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    "id": 1220183,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is not the first time that there has been an attempt to have Cabinet Secretaries appear before the House to answer Questions, Statements and issues of concern to Kenyans. In the 12th Parliament, there was an attempt on the same, but since the regime then was afraid of being accountable to Kenyans and to people’s representatives, there was no support from the Executive. We now have a Government that is not afraid to be accountable to the people’s representatives and Kenyans. That is why this proposal has support even from the Executive. We now have an Executive that intends to be accountable to Kenyans and has told them that it intends to be accountable to them. They are not afraid to appear before the House to answer Questions raised by Members on issues pertaining to the welfare of the people we represent, or even to articulate Government policy on matters relating to the governance of our country. Under the current circumstances, it has been difficult for Chairpersons of Committees to respond to Questions on matters that are not under their purview."
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