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    "content": "The procedure on Questions has taken root, as Senators continue to file Questions on diverse issues affecting their counties. However, it is on record that the Senate is dissatisfied with the conduct of a number of Cabinet Secretaries for failure to honour invitations to respond to the Executive. This is a matter I undertake to address with the Executive, to ensure that Questions by Senators are addressed by Cabinet Secretaries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no hiding on this. Remember what the Members agreed on. We need to file an amendment to the Powers and Privileges Act to provide more stringent sanctions on Cabinet Secretaries and witnesses who continue to take the authority of the Senate or Parliament as a whole without the seriousness demanded thereof. At its meeting held on Tuesday, 28th November, 2023, the SBC approved the next set of Questions scheduled for the Order Paper on Wednesday, 6th December, 2023. The summary of the Questions and the Cabinet Secretaries to appear are as follows- 1. Question No.44 to the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. 2. Question No.46 to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. 3. Question No.50 to the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. 4. Question No.64 to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development; and so forth. Next week, therefore, we shall have the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development and the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. Two Senators form that list. It is my hope that they will find the time to appear before us. Otherwise, we will have to do what we need to do as a House. I, therefore, thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and I lay the document on the Table of the Senate."
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