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    "id": 1224352,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for according me this opportunity to comment on this Motion. I rise to support, but before I make my contribution, I have not had an opportunity to congratulate our two brothers who rose to positions of leadership, that is, Sen. Sifuna and Sen. Olekina. I congratulate them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I rise to support this Motion, this afternoon, we have had many Statements from different Senators on different issues and they were committed to different committees of the House. We had the Statement by the Senator for Kirinyaga on the establishment of police stations, police posts and police patrol bases in Kirinyaga. Mr. Speaker, Sir, about two weeks ago, the Senator for Kirinyaga was arrested for holding demonstrations in Kiamanyeki following the unfortunate death of two brothers who were brutally killed. Burial is this Saturday. The reason I support this Motion and believe that Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) should come to answer questions, is because of the Statement by the Senator for Kirinyaga and, indeed, many other Senators who raise Statements in this House. If the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Interior and National Administration had an opportunity to come to this House, he would be the right person with all the requisite information that the Senator for Kirinyaga and all the other Senators who seek Statements in this House want. I was surprised yesterday when our colleagues from the Opposition opposed what, in my view, has been their push through and through, because they seek for Statements and say that they want answers from a CS of a certain Ministry. For instance, the Senator for Kiambu would have had an opportunity to hear from the CS for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Hon. Mithika Lithuri, on why fertilizer has not been distributed to Nyandarua and Kiambu counties, when it is a planting season. Instead of seeking a Statement then it is directed to the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, which has to write to the Principal Secretary (PS) and CS, I will"
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