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    "id": 1326308,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "not appearing before a committee of the Senate. It is actually a very shameful excuse. I am impressed by the drafters of our Constitution. This is because they recognized the first responsibility and function of the President is to be answerable to Parliament. CSs who serve at the pleasure of the President must be 10 times answerable to Parliament. I am a bit concerned because - I speak for the Minority side - we had stayed away from the morning session on account of a legitimate court process. Once that process ended, we are back to engage. I do not know if the CSs are afraid of the presence of Minority side in the House and they do not want to face the tough questions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I plead with you if we do not let this out of the bag now, then it will become the order of the day and CSs will be giving you excuse after excuse why they cannot appear before the Senate. I implore you to find reason in our own Standing Orders and even Constitution to censure these CSs and ensure they appear before the Senate to respond to questions. Lastly, there is a casualness that is creeping in. That a CS will have the audacity to write to the Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya in the morning and tell him they are not going to appear before the Senate. Do something! Do not allow these people to mock you. You sit there for and on behalf of 47 delegations in this country. The questions that we are asking these CSs are for the benefit of the people of the Republic of Kenya."
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