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    "id": 1424288,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Thank you, hon. Senator for Nandi County. If you look at Standing Order No.51 (a) (6), immediately a question is approved by the SBC, Cabinet Secretaries are given seven days before they appear in plenary for purposes of responding to that question. Therefore, a Cabinet Secretary has seven days to look at the diary. If they are not in a position to appear before Senate, then they can write to the Senate indicating the reasons they may not appear, and the possible date that they will appear. Now, in this regard, I fully agree with you that this is a scheduled meeting. In fact, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries was cleared by State House to travel on 7th May, 2024. So, at the time he received these questions, he knew that he would be travelling to China between 14th and 18th. So, he ought to have written a letter much earlier. When the SBC sat yesterday, we had no indication whatsoever that the Cabinet Secretary would not be able to appear in Plenary for purposes of responding to these questions. That is why the Questions appear in today’s Order Paper. The wisdom that was given by SBC in this matter is that; one, adequate notice for non-appearance must be filled by the Cabinet Secretary; not just a notice to say “I am not in a position to appear”. In the same breath, that letter should contain a possible date when the Cabinet Secretary would appear, so that we can look at our calendar and try to schedule the"
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