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    "id": 381238,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The point of order raised by the Senate Majority Leader is important. I do not know whether this is the right time, but I think this is an issue that you should apply your time and mind to, so that you give us a comprehensive answer. I am even still wondering when questions come to us, as the Chairs, whether we should just go and seek for written Statements or summon Cabinet Secretaries to come to the Committee and answer the questions. If we have to summon them, then the question that the Senate Majority Leader is raising does not arise. This is because then the Committee owns the answer and brings it to the Floor of the House. But if we allow situations where the Cabinet Secretaries are summoned, then how will we organize this issue? I want to reveal that this issue also arose in the National Assembly yesterday and was canvassed for a long time, as to what does it really mean to be in a Presidential system and be able to answer questions. For example, suppose today I come with a written Statement from the Cabinet Secretary, and then Members in the House have follow-up questions and want to get answers immediately, how will that be addressed? So, whereas the points of order were raised with regard to the Senator for Taita-Taveta, in so far as answering the question coming from the Minority, there are more fundamental issues in terms of how the operations of asking questions, now that the Cabinet Secretaries are not in the House, is concerned. So, I think that whereas there is need for a quick answer, I would like you to apply your mind more and we think through how we will be ventilating these issues again."
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