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    "id": 462050,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I was ashamed about is not because we were not travelling on First Class, but I was ashamed that somebody somewhere was not conscious who is junior to us in every aspect and was enjoying the privileges at the expense of the taxpayer and yet, the head of one of the three arms of the Government was in a lower class. How do we play oversight role on the same individuals? No wonder these days we have a problem in getting acceptance to summons from some of these individuals because in their own offices, they are too big. The era of big man or women, because these days they are there, is gone. That culture must come to an end. We have 47 counties. The same time when I was with the Speaker, we went to one of the Parliaments and five county assemblies had already written to be allowed to participate in all meetings of the IPU, ACPU and the Commonwealth. This means that in the meetings of these organisations next year, we will have over 500 Kenyan delegates in each international meeting. Who will pay for this? This is the taxpayer. These issues must be regulated. As the National Assembly, I think we have failed to discharge our function. Under Articles 94, 95 and 96, this House is mandated to regulate the activities and the functions of all the key institutions. It is high time we called a spade a spade. This is the only way we can lead by example. Finally, this is a sacrifice because the facilities are there. I want to remind the Members what hon. Mbadi has said. We need to look at the debt that we have incurred over the years in paying for some of these services. I want to appeal to His Excellency the President, to crack the whip on all institutions so that we are financially disciplined in all the sectors of the Government. Until we do this, we will be complaining and Kenyans will not get the services that they deserve. Please, all the Members of Parliament who are here, once this resolution is passed, let us ensure, through our oversight role, that it is implemented and it becomes binding to every Government department."
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