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    "id": 147585,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not see the point of order in what the hon. Member has said, but all the same, I was saying that the European Union Parliament sits outside Brussels regularly. As summer is setting in, in Europe now, Members of the European Parliament are packing their trunks and getting their staff ready to move out of Brussels. What is the policy behind that move? It is to enable the Members of Parliament to understand Europe properly. If I leave Europe alone, let us go across the border to Arusha. The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has weekly sittings in Nairobi, Kampala, Burundi and Rwanda. Why do they do that? It is for the Members of Parliament of the EALA to fully understand East Africa. If you look at the galleries now, you will see school children. Indeed, I believe very strongly that as Parliament, we should encourage school children to visit Parliament and observe proceedings. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, how much would it cost to get 50 school children from Kisumu to come to Nairobi to witness Parliamentary proceedings? They should be able to witness our proceedings where they are. We do not have to start with countrywide sittings. We can simply start with eight sittings, at every provincial headquarters, for a start. We have historical disparities and inequities in this country. We cannot understand those issues fully merely by driving to those places. We need to sit there as Members of Parliament, and understand firsthand what goes on there, so that when we talk about sugar, we do not assume that it is a Nyanza and Western Provinces issue; and when we talk about pastoralists, you do not assume that it is a northern Kenya issue; we need to understand Kenya as a whole. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will remember that when this Parliament started, the Speaker undertook to reform it. So far, within a very short time, indeed, a lot has been done in reforming how we conduct business but, again, you heard Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry say"
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