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    "id": 492839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Seneta",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also join hands with my other colleagues to express my displeasure with those who never turned up this morning. I was here very early in the morning from Kajiado. I wanted to get answers from the Committee on Education to which I am a Member. I was expecting answers to questions which were raised through the Committee by different citizens of this country. I am of the opinion that the Cabinet Secretaries should appear before the Committee of this House. Some of them are used to our Committees. They are familiar with Committee Chairs and Committee Members; when they are asked a question by a Committee, they even do not search for the answer properly. They just give half baked information. When they appear in this House, they are going to prepare themselves, just as was portrayed by the Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs Ngilu, whom I congratulate. I am of the opinion that they should not only come on Tuesday, but should also apologize to those of us who travelled from our counties very early in the morning expecting answers from them and they never appeared. I am also urging the Chairman of CIC to get to understand the Constitution. This Commission seems to be misinterpreting the Constitution instead. They seem to be misleading Kenyans because in the Constitution, Article 153, the oversight role of this Committee of this House is well stated. Therefore, they should not mislead Kenyans. The habit of communicating to this important House through the media--- Information was in the Star Newspaper and every other media house that we were not supposed to meet the Cabinet Secretaries. In my opinion, they should know how to communicate to this House. This is because this is a very important House. All these Members are representing citizens of this country and they need to be respected. I, therefore, agree with my colleagues that we should continue to hold such sittings."
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