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    "id": 1326321,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, correct me if I am wrong, but the High Court found that the position of CASs was unconstitutional. We are not going to substitute the people responsible for the Ministries for unconstitutional officeholders. In fact, if you brought those CASs here, I would not partake of that session. In fact, I think it is the Bible that says that all good things come to those who wait. I do not know whether it is the Bible; the Christians fundamentalists are on the other side, they will clarify. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am extremely happy that every single day we are vindicated as Members of the Minority on this Floor; because you would remember that this question of the appearance of Cabinet Secretaries on the Floor of this House originated from a Presidential Memo. It was the President’s own idea to send his own Cabinet Secretaries to the Floor of this House. Of course, we were in opposition of that particular move because it was our thinking then that it was an unconstitutional way to go around the constitutional provisions to bring them before the Floor of the House. We actually filed a constitutional reference before the High Court. The High Court disagreed with us and said there is nothing wrong with the Cabinet Secretaries appearing before the Floor of the Senate. It is not a coincidence that just the second week when the Members of the Opposition wanted to engage robustly with these people, they are already running away. It does not make any sense. I was looking forward because we have a serious controversy in this country about the G-to-G oil deal. I wanted to look the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum in his eyes and ask him those questions that I have written down here, but he has run away. This is becoming a habit even in the Committees. My Chairperson of the Roads, Transportation and Housing Committee has just elucidated what we are going through in the Committees of the House. You invite a Governor to answer questions about his own people--- The people of Jericho, Lumumba and Maringo estates were in the Committee"
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