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    "id": 1494839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also rise to express my displeasure with the conduct of some of the Cabinet Secretaries. I also wish Hon. Dr. Barasa quick recovery. On average we have been doing quite well. Maybe what we also need to do is look at the time we spend with them both in the House and in the committees. Some of the Questions that we put through to the Cabinet Secretaries are raised in the committees. We need to also look at their schedules because a Cabinet Secretary might be committed elsewhere. This appearance and non-appearance that occurs when we come here on Wednesdays expecting to get answers might be from a disconnect between the way we work and the way the Executive works. It is high time that we brought this in tandem and most importantly knowing what informed this Wednesday session so that we can create a kind of an interactive moment where we are able to go and tell our constituents - the people we represent - that this is what the Government is doing. Indeed, I also agree with my fellow Senators that when the President expressed his displeasure that he is working alone, I really pitied him. If the Cabinet Secretaries do not pull up their socks, then in the next couple of years, we will all be sent home. As we prepare ourselves to deliver to Kenyans, we must recommit starting from the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary to serve the people of Kenya and knowing that we prioritize the business of the people of Kenya; most importantly in appearing and telling them what we are doing and when we want to do it and how we are doing it. It is paramount so that the people can understand that we are committed to serving them. I also expressed my displeasure and wish that we will change the engagement moving forward. I thank you."
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