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    "id": 1280127,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1280127/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "For the record, I want to state this clearly to this Cabinet Secretary and all cabinet secretaries, that as the Leader of the Majority Party, I do not hold brief for them. I was hired by the people of Kikuyu and the Members of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition to lead them as a first amongst equals. This does not take away my role to oversee anybody from His Excellency the President, the Executive and all cabinet secretaries. Whichever position you hold in the Executive, I will hold you to account and oversee your actions. This should be clear to this Cabinet Secretary and others. Some people may be misguided to believe that as the Leader of the Majority Party, I hold briefs for cabinet secretaries. When it comes to accountability, I will hold all of you to account as if I am the Leader of the Minority Party and the same way a Member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) or Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) will do. When it comes to advancing and pushing Government business and agenda in this House, I will do so with the same gusto and energy I use to oversee you. I hope that is clear. As much as I work for the Kenya Kwanza Coalition as the Leader of the Majority Party and for the people of Kenya, that must never be misconstrued to mean that I will not hold any Cabinet Secretary to account. The President moved Parliament to amend the Standing Orders because even he, who appointed the cabinet secretaries, wanted them to be accountable to the people through their elected representatives."
}