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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, a while back I raised the matter of the plight of former Members of this House. I am glad that at Tuesday’s kamukunji, this matter came up. My request would be that if the necessary amendments to accommodate the welfare of former Members could be brought to the House as soon as possible, I will appreciate it. But more pertinently, a while back through a Motion, this House did an amendment to the Standing Orders which amendments we thought were very good. As you realize, many of us have expressed our reservations with the sort of answers we get from Chairpersons of Committees. We have also stated very many times that it is, indeed, not the work of the Chairpersons of Committees to hold fort for the Executive. We passed an amendment to the Standing Orders requiring Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) to be coming here to handle Statements. It is now taking quite a while. I would be glad if we could get a clarification as to what happened because we had understood that after the Recess, the responsible CSs would come here to personally take charge of issues that hon. Members raise regarding their dockets, particularly the issues that keep on dogging hon. Members. Those are issues of security and others. I would be grateful if I could get a clarification from the Leader of the Majority Party as to what happened to that Motion which we passed; which was to make CSs come to this House on certain dates to answer questions from hon. Members directly."
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