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    "id": 1233192,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1233192/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know it is not within my purview, but having served as a Member of Parliament with you in the Senate, I want to suggest – from the experience of the Questions that were sent to us – that Members make good use of this rare opportunity of Cabinet Secretaries appearing before this House by formulating questions in future to cover policy issues, so that they can cut across other than dealing only with one bridge or one road somewhere. The Questions will be answered – like the case of pending bills – as a whole. If, for example, the follow up questions are about a bridge or a road somewhere, the main statement on the status of the pending bills will have answered them. For a Ministry that has got both roads and transport departments, it will be nice if in future, we get Questions that are prepared in a way that they cut across the Ministry. This opportunity, perhaps, comes once in a year. So, questions that Members will have on the Transport sector can also be addressed at the same time so that we can cut across the Ministry. We will have an opportunity to update the House and the nation across board on the things we are doing. Otherwise, it has been my greatest pleasure to have the slightest opportunity of having something closer to accessing Parliament as I used to do before, even though not in the full sense of it. I will always appreciate the opportunity to interact with Members of Parliament. I believe accountability is extremely important in making sure that the Ministry I serve in and other Ministries deliver for the people of Kenya. Thank you."
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