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    "id": 372009,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Mine is still on this issue of statements. But I am going further than the issue of statements. We are now in the stage where we are dealing with teething problems of moving to the Presidential system of Government that requires the Cabinet Secretaries not to be Members of Parliament. Some of the issues that we were dealing with, when we discussed in the Ninth Parliament about how to deal with the question of losing the ‘comedy hour’, as it was known in the last Parliament, we discussed that these issues could be dealt with by the ombudsman system, so that if a Minister is not responding to an issue that is affecting your area, you could raise it through the ombudsman system. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the reason why I stood to contribute is that as a Chair, I am faced with another issue that I would like to have a ruling on or a direction from the leadership meeting this Thursday, regarding the fact that in the past, we had Ministers responding to Private Members’ Bills. I would want to know what mechanism a chair, who is not a Cabinet Secretary would use and what ideas they would propagate when replying to Motions that are directed to their Ministries. Do I raise my opinion, the Ministry’s view on that matter or the Committee’s view on that matter? Hon. Speaker, I am raising this issue because even the statements that are requested, the time it is taking to deal with them and interact with Cabinet Secretaries, then we have the Motions is much. We need to have a streamlined approach where we discuss how the interactions will be and who will be responding. Are you responding on your personal opinion? Hon. Speaker, Sir, if I was responding to the formation of the select committee on miraa, my personal opinion would be different from what the Cabinet Secretary would have because you would have to protect the economic interest of the persons who are producing miraa . My personal opinion is that I would agree that miraa should be banned. So, I need guidance on my role in responding. Do I respond as hon. Amina Abdalla or give information from the Minister? So, with those complications that are basically teething problems, we need to address them so that we do not continue being asked to respond on matters that we do know the Government’s position. So, we require guidance."
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