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    "id": 194014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/194014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I rise to support the Motion. We have been informed that we are in a very special situation, and that is why we have the kind of Cabinet we have. We have a Cabinet that was formed to take care of political parties, regions and, I dare say, tribes, sub-tribes and gender. But why did we do that? We are aware that there are complaints from all the three quarters that were supposed to have been considered. This means that even with the 40-plus Ministers and 50-plus Assistant Ministers we did not satisfy exactly what we wanted to satisfy. That calls for a good reason why we have a Cabinet and why we choose people to sit in it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the Ninth Parliament, we had 28 Assistant Ministers, who almost went on strike. They even went to State House to say they did not know their duties, and that nobody was giving them any job. How will 51 Assistant Ministers perform their duties? With 42 Cabinet Ministers and dissatisfaction from the regions, one would easily say that since we have 42 tribes, we should have given one representative to each tribe. Then we would have been satisfied and we would have fewer complaints!"
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