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    "id": 372035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/372035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. It is for a good reason that the Constitution we have was passed by Kenyans. I do not think it was done in a rush. I do not think it is a mistake that we have a pure presidential system. It is not time to start thinking about amending it. Somebody once said that you do not react against a mosquito with a hammer. The issues we are dealing with can be sorted out if we decide to be creative and also embrace digital solutions. If we think about it, summoning Cabinet Secretaries every day to answer to questions such as a pothole in the constituency or somebody looking for pension in the constituency in as much as those are important issues, there are certain questions that can be dealt with creatively. I would like to suggest that if we come up with a solution outside the confines of the Standing Orders and the Constitution – we are not boxed into it and we have space to be creative – certain issues that are below a certain threshold do not require you to summon a Cabinet Secretary here because we also need them to work. Three of them have been here today. Yesterday there were a few here. In fact, some of them were summoned by the Senate. So, that way, the Executive cannot operate. However, if we have a parliamentary liaison office there are certain issues that have to do with the constituencies – Article 96 is very clear that this House is not only legislative but also representative – that you could put in writing and then demand a response from the Ministries"
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