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    "id": 1267826,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand guided by your decision. I want to bring to your attention that this is conduct unbecoming on the part of the two Cabinet Secretaries. Appearance before Parliament is not a privilege and is not something that you joke with. While I appreciate that Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua and Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha have never served in Parliament and are maybe struggling to understand the importance of the standing of this House, what they have done this morning is out of order. They must be told so in no unequal terms. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you cannot write to an institution barely a few hours before their Sitting to inform them of a travel to, I do not know which part of the world. Travelling to whatever part of the country and accompanying whoever including the President is not the business of this House. What we have in this House is Business that has been brought by the people of Kenya through their representatives. We are not calling the two Cabinet Secretaries to engage them in idle talk. These are issues that the representatives of the people feel need to be answered. Many of these Questions have been on the Order Paper for quite a while. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I certainly believe that Hon. Nakhumicha and Hon. (Dr.) Mutua did not just realize last night that they were travelling out of the country and were supposed to appear before the Senate. They have known this for weeks. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you and I serve in the SBC and many Members in this Committee know that there are Cabinet Secretaries who wrote in advance asking for their appearances to be re-adjusted for one reason or the other. We have such Cabinet Secretaries. Yesterday, we received a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection who informed us in good time and, therefore, as a House we were able to plan and reschedule the appearance. However, to write to this House barely 12 hours before our Sitting to tell us that they are not appearing because they are globe-trotting cannot be taken kindly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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