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    "id": 1326339,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "that Cabinet Secretaries should not appear before the Senate. It was a long fight for us to have Cabinet Secretaries appear before the Senate. Secondly, I remember that in the First Senate, we used to respond to the Questions or Statements by Members on the Floor of the House, instead of going to committees just to improve the way issues are responded to. However, that never worked. In the Second Senate, we thought that by directing the Statements to be handled by the committees, things are going to be better. The Government went through a very long process to make sure that Cabinet Secretaries appear before the Senate so that we can have direct engagement with them and to respond to the issues raised by Members and the concerns of members of the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember one time, we got a warrant of arrest against the then Governor of Murang'a County because he refused to appear before a certain Committee. Unfortunately, we were frustrated by the Office of the Inspector General (IG) and the courts until the said Governor escaped that warrant of arrest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, today, none of the Cabinet Secretaries we invited appeared here. If we let this go, next week the same thing will happen again. We must take a serious action today; not tomorrow. As per our Standing Orders, if the Questions that we have currently are not responded to, they will lapse by the time we come back. Please, take serious action against these Cabinet Secretaries who are frustrating this House. I know when those Cabinet Secretaries are called by the National Assembly, they come running. However, they see the Senate as a lesser House. We must show them that we are equal as far as responsibility is concerned."
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