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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. I thank hon. Ethuro for introducing this very important Bill which, actually, is long overdue. Parliament has ceded its powers to the Executive for too long. We should have done this since Independence because it is provided for in the Constitution. We have abdicated our responsibility until this point in time. I am pleased to see that this has now come to the Floor of the House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue about numbers of Ministers has been a thorn in the flesh of Kenyans. The numbers have always been bloated and inefficiency has been rampant, mainly because the Ministers do not even know their duties; they do not know where their boundaries lie and the definition of “responsibility” has been a problem. I am very, very happy that the limitation of the number of Ministers will put a check on the Executive, to the extent to which they can misuse public resources by making unnecessary appointments to those positions which, actually, at the end of the day, do not perform at all. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also happy to note that, as a result of this Bill, Parliament will be stronger because we do not want half of Parliament being in the Executive. With all due respect to my friend the Assistant Minister, hon. Munya – my brother sitting across on the Government Bench, it has always been very embarrassing, as it is now, to look around and see that on the Government Side, there is not a single hon. Member other than my brother, who has just walked in now. It is just a reflection of the state of irresponsibility prevalent in the Executive, and I am happy that we are going to be able to check this now. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the previous speakers---"
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