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    "id": 1416588,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1416588/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Those duties, Hon. Speaker, with all due respect, were basically to assist the Minister. All of them, but let us not go into that argument. Now, when it comes to these positions of CASs, it is stated that they are going to liaise with Parliament, but every time we interacted with them in the last Parliament, it was always very clear that we needed to liaise with the Cabinet Secretary. This position is also creating another level. If you are saying they are going to liaise with the county government on matters of concurrent mandate, we have the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) whose job is to do that. It is also stated that the CAS will provide inter-ministerial and sectoral coordination. We have the office, like in this case the Cabinet Secretary, who is actually dealing with that matter. So, once again, why are we creating this position? Another role is representing the Cabinet Secretary in any meeting. That actually is where the issue started and so, we are going backwards. So, Hon. Speaker, I just wanted to add that we are actually going backwards in terms of our constitutionalism. We are clawing back what we changed in 2010 and bringing them through the Statutes. I am not a lawyer, but I do not think that is proper."
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