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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, we are still learning the presidential system. At one time, I suggested in this House that most committee Members or chairpersons of committees should be taken to the United States (US) Congress to be taken through the workings of a presidential system. Most of us are still living in the past – in the parliamentary system – which has been practised by the United Kingdom (UK) for 1,000 years. Therefore, we need to take Members of committees to the US Congress, so that they can understand how the presidential system works. I want to propose that at some stage, we may have to come up with a policy, as a House, of engaging the Cabinet Secretary in the way we did with the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, when he delivered the Budget Statement. Maybe, once in a month, the Cabinet Secretary should be able to address the House, through the Committee, on the state of security in the country. If doing so conforms to the provisions of the Standing Orders and the Constitution, I and my team are very flexible. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as a Committee, we know that insecurity is an issue in this country. We promise that we will engage the relevant Cabinet Secretary to ensure that this issue is dealt with promptly and efficiently. Thank you."
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