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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to debate on this very important Motion. I congratulate Members of this House for debating soberly on this matter. The issues raised by the Procedures and Rules Committee touch on Kenyans. There are a number of questions, Statements and Petitions that have been brought to this House that take a lot of time before being responded to. The number of Committees that we have sometimes give the Cabinet Secretaries (CS) a rough time in terms of answering the questions. I also want to bring the attention to Members who are opposing this Motion that sometimes you find a Committee has raised a question and because of a lot of work or laxity in the relevant Ministry, they just copy and paste answers and give to Members. This forces them to disagree with those answers and it take rounds before the questions are answered. It is time to we support this Motion in order to give us room to discuss these issues on the Floor of the House and get instant answers. The Members from the other divide are equally in order because this is a House of debate. However, we have various jurisdictions in this country because of the interpretation of the law. We have competent secretariat in this Parliament who can assist us in interpreting and drafting amendments which cannot come to the Floor of the House unless they have been scrutinized. It is time for this House and our Members from the other divide to know that anything that comes to the Floor of the House has been scrutinized. Although they have the right to debate, at the end of the day, the majority has their way. I support this Motion. We are looking forward to assist our brothers to stop them from going for Maandamano to ask questions and issues from innocent Kenyans when they can bring them here. The moment we give them room to go around the streets raising these questions, they will derail the development of this country yet they have the right place to raise them. That is why they have been given the mandate by members of the public. It is time they agree with us on this issue. At the end of the day, what they need are the answers and to see the CS. This is the platform they will use to ask those questions and get answers. I totally support. We are looking forward to implementing the same."
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