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    "id": 1520754,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "what the Cabinet Secretary is saying is important. However, coming here is equally as important. You know for a fact that a President's visit is not a thunderstorm that appears out of the blue. It is something that is planned weeks in advance, and the Cabinet Secretary was aware; he knew that he was supposed to be here today. Therefore, on all other accounts of things that we have raised in the past, it is the Cabinet Secretary who should respond, and he has done so. That it should be in writing and not a Short Message Service (SMS) to the Speaker, and that is done. However, this Cabinet Secretary is violating a cardinal principle. He is supposed to issue notice to the Senate at least seven days before the date of appearance. That is why we, as a House, do not ambush anybody. We write to you seven days prior to your appearance. Therefore, I want to request that you direct the Secretariat to send a response to the Minister stating that this is not acceptable. The President's visit was not impromptu; it was long planned, and therefore, he should have been diligent enough to respond early in advance. Why am I insisting on this? If we had this letter when we sat at the Senate Business Committee last week and scheduled these questions, we would have known that the Cabinet Secretary would not be here and, therefore, would have gone to invite another Cabinet Secretary. Therefore, on behalf of the House, this is still not acceptable. The Secretariat must respond to him and let him know. Perhaps it will be issued with a last warning before we can proceed to do that which the powers and privilege provide us to do, that you cannot write a letter to an institution barely hours before your appearance and expect that that institution will find that acceptable. It is not. I thank you."
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