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    "id": 488029,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/488029/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muthomi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1372,
        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "staff from a Ministry to come and read here, sometimes, when you are asked to clarify some points, you can only just give an answer and hope that the Members will be satisfied. By doing this, it gives an opportunity for us to get first-hand information and real answers from the Cabinet Secretaries. However, the Committee that will be sitting on Tuesday morning, that is an extra sitting by Parliament. Of course, it is a sitting that will attract sitting allowance that the Parliamentary Service Commission will have to pay extra money as sitting allowances. However, in my opinion I do not think it should be made a compulsory sitting because most Members have other duties to do on Tuesday morning since traditionally, it has not been a normal sitting day. Therefore, the Members who have asked for questions can actually be allowed to come in and get the answers rather than compelling almost every Member of Parliament to come in here. I visited Germany one time and during question time, you will find there is a Cabinet Secretary who is giving answers and you have, maybe, three or four Members of Parliament. The others are attending to Committee duties and others duties of Parliament. I think it is not really a must that they must be compelled to come and attend the session. Lastly, on the issue of saving the taxpayers’ money, we will be doing a lot of justice to---"
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