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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Imanyara",
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        "legal_name": "Gitobu Imanyara",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek your guidance on a matter that happened this morning. During the debate on Adjournment Motion to discuss the recruitment of teachers, it was brought to the attention of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that on the Floor of the House a few weeks back, the Minister for Education stood up and told this House that during the budget allocations for this year, teachers will be fully paid. That commitment was firmly made on the Floor of this House. This morning, to my astonishment, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance not only denied knowing about that but also went further to state that if such a communication was made on the Floor of the House, he was not aware of it and he was not informed. Secondly, during the same debate, the Deputy Leader of Government Business, Mr. Amos Kimunya, when reminded that there has been a Statement made on the Floor of the House regarding tuition said that he is not bound by that Policy Statement given by the Government and proceeded to explain how he and some others are providing funding for tuition in his constituency. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek your guidance on the principle of collective responsibility and particularly when policy statements are made on the Floor of the House, whether this House should take them seriously and if they are contradicted by the Ministers themselves during the same session of Parliament, what is the recourse of this House? I seek your guidance on that issue."
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