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    "id": 358947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anyango",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dalmas Anyango Otieno",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am rising to seek your guidance on the application of Standing Order No.209, the functions of the Implementation Committee with regard to what the Leader of the Majority Party is doing. He is giving undertakings in the House, and speaking as if there were Cabinet Secretaries in this House. How shall we enforce all these comments he has made. All these undertakings have not been formalized by way of a resolution of any relevant committee of the House for follow up in future. We have a new era in the House, and he is only a Leader of Majority Party. The Hon. Member is giving undertakings on behalf of the Government, and we cannot question him the way we would sanction Cabinet Secretaries for failure to implement within reasonable time any commitments, undertakings or resolutions of the House. So, seeking your guidance appears to be an exercise in futility; it is an entertainment in the House because we cannot enforce it by applying the provisions of Standing Order No.209 in future. There is no time scale. We have sought clarification, and he has given his personal opinion; sometimes he has even attempted to give undertakings on behalf of the President, but he has no powers to do so in this House. I need your guidance on how we dispose of this drama by Leader of Majority Party for the last two days before us!"
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