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    "id": 124507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lessonet",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the fact that this country can only afford 24 Ministers. In fact, I thought that Mr. Ethuro should have come with a number as small as 12, so that we can have Ministers who are busy and have substantive roles to perform, unlike the current scenario where we have Ministers who run small departments and sections of Ministries. A good example is that of the former Ministry of Health which Kenyans still know. However, they have been told that we now have the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services. The same applies to the Ministry of Education which has been sub-divided until we even do not know who to deal with, as Members of Parliament, when we follow up matters of our constituencies. We have the Minister for Education who has just spoken and another one who is responsible for Higher Education. Very soon we might be told that we have a Minister for Early Childhood Education. We want this Bill to definitely define the roles for each and every Minister in this country. We would like Kenyans to get value for their money. The only way they can get value for their money is by having fewer vehicles carrying Ministers on the roads. We do not want to be told that we need vehicles of less carrying capacity. We also need fewer offices which are being occupied by Ministers. I think we have almost 50 Ministers. I have even lost count. If you looked at the budget, the cost that went to refurbishment of"
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