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    "id": 1326316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we were elected to this House, the President implored us to amend our Standing Orders for the CSs to appear before us. We had the support of the Head of State. So, when they do not appear, they not only show contempt to this House, but also to the President of this Republic. As is the feeling of many Members, please, crack the whip. My Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on Monday, after inviting the Governor of Kajiado County, Hon. Ole Lenku, to appear before us, even after summoning him, he had the audacity to say that he will not appear 45 minutes before the meeting was supposed to start. We gave him a suspended sentence and fined him Kshs500,000. If he does not appear tomorrow, it will take effect. We need to do things differently. Yesterday, we fined the Governor of Nairobi City County, Hon. Sakaja, who one time happened to be the Senator of Nairobi City County. We have invited him since November 2022; we are in November 2023, six times, and he has never appeared. We gave that fine because we know he will not appear tomorrow. If he does not, we are going to invoke Section 19 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act that he should be arrested and brought to the Committee. It is high time that this House is taken with the seriousness it deserves, especially those Governors who were once Senators. They are giving this House a bad name. They should be the ones to respect this House because they have been here for about 10 years yet they are the ones who are not appearing in committees. Even my Governor of Kiambu County, Hon. Wamatangi, has been invited about six times and has not appeared. We should crack the whip because in future, we want to be governors and we do not want people to say Senators were the worst governors. We have to do it today. For the Cabinet Secretaries who did not appear today, crack the whip. Give them a fine. Invoke section 19 because if you do not do that, we will receive the apologies a minute before we get into the House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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