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    "id": 1520761,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President has said it himself that he struggles being the only person communicating the Government policy. It is true because who is this person who holds the water docket? I do not know him. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, if that gentleman walked in--- Maybe he is even present in this House but nobody knows. We were just asking ourselves here amongst the minority leadership whether it is a man or a woman. Nobody knows. We are disappointed and we always record our disappointment. If we have to understand the Government policy, we need these Cabinet Secretaries to interact with us. Yesterday, I ran into the former Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, hon. David Chirchir. He is one of the most astute and few Cabinet Secretaries that I respect because he interacts with Members of this House and explains the Government policy. If he was still in that docket, I am sure the drama you are seeing of Nairobi City County Government dumping garbage outside the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) offices and KPLC retaliating by cutting power to the county government offices would not be there because he would take leadership. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the relationship between the national and county governments is supposed to be cordial. If a Cabinet Secretary sees a fight in their docket but does nothing at all and only talks about 2027 politics, then they have failed in their position. We want the gentleman to at least appear here. Let him not fear this House. We want to be his friends, at least from the minority side. We confirm that we mean well. We want to have a discussion with him about the water projects. Let him not shy away. Let him be trained that if there is going to be an event that takes him away from the capital, he should communicate early, as the Senate Majority Leader said."
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