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    "id": 191357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion is very serious because it touches on the fundamentals of good behaviour in Government. We were elected by the people of Kenya to come and represent them in this House. We speak for the people of Kenya, and particularly now, I speak for the people of Garsen who are asking: Are these things proper? I want to say that it is beyond personal relations. It is even beyond the question of collective responsibility. It is a matter of the people of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have said that we need proper explanations. In view of the fact that no proper explanations, are coming forward, this Parliament must do its duty. I am standing here to say that we must support the Motion of censure. Yesterday, the Chair stated that this House will go on recess in July. What are we going to discuss? We are going to discuss the Standing Orders of this House. If this House is the mother of the Cabinet and gives birth to the Cabinet, then this House needs to set the standards of behaviour for her children. If the children who are given birth to by this House is the Cabinet, I think it is important for us to set up proper rules of guidance. Apart from the Public Officer and Ethics Act, we need to take the opportunity during the review of the Standing Orders to set up a very clear criteria on how we shall punish members of this Government who are not doing what we sent them to do in the Cabinet. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not a matter of you or me; it is a matter of posterity. We need to set--"
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