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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that communication which I am not contesting. However, you know this is a House that has a lot of work to do. When scheduling this business, there is a lot of considerations that are done, especially at the SBC. When a Cabinet Secretary (CS) postpones appearing before the House this very morning when we have scheduled already scheduled business, to me, I think that if we go that route, we will be disrespecting this honourable House. There must be some timeframe within which the CS should communicate. The reason that CS is giving that she has a conflicting schedule of activities is not good enough. Unless that schedule has been affected by the Head of the State, then we can consider it. However, if it is her programme, I think we should not go that route. This House should not be very comfortable when the Cabinet Secretary suspends or communicates in the very morning that he is supposed to appear before the Senate and then we take that matter lying down. This House must be respected. If we continue allowing this kind of business or manners, then nobody will ever respect this honourable House. With a lot of pain, the hon. Senators woke up very early in the morning to beat the traffic, especially along Ngong Road. Senator of Nairobi City County, we should raise that matter because you know most of us live in your county, but are struggling to get here in the morning. Those matters need to be discussed. We sacrifice a lot, including our schedules and other programmes so that we can be in this House as early as possible to wait for the hon. CSs. When they frustrate us after making all these sacrifices, I think that this is not honourable enough. I know that the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport communicated early enough and that of the National Treasury also communicated a day before yesterday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I speak personally, as Member of Meru County, not the Deputy Speaker so that I do not conflict myself in the office. I think these Cabinet Secretaries should do better than that. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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