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    "id": 1424285,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to request for your Solomonic ruling. This matter has come up. I am standing under Standing Order No.51C. I do not know whether the SBC should define the timeline that warrants a Cabinet Secretaries not to appear. I know that the ongoing China-Kenya Tea Trade event was scheduled. Most of the formal meetings are scheduled. Is it possible that in future, if a Cabinet Secretary knows that he or she will travel to lead a delegation for official business apart from Cabinet meetings, then they should communicate? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request for two rulings. I request for your direction under the Chairmanship, that any Cabinet Secretary who intends not to appear before this House should give an advance notice because most of the meetings are scheduled. If the Senate Business Committee (SBC) was sure that that Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries would not appear, we would have rescheduled other businesses on the Order Paper, such as Motions, Bills and Statements. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Members should be kind to Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mithika Linturi. He must be recovering from that horrendous process of facing serious allegations at the “Lower” House. I have noticed that when Members ask supplementary questions, it just dies there. Is it possible that you direct Cabinet Secretaries to provide further information? When a Cabinet Secretary answers a question and the House feels that the response is not satisfactory, what is the recourse to the House? How do we treat such information? Should it be directed to the line Committee or re-engaged in future when the Cabinet Secretary appears?"
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