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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Finally, I wish the Leader of Majority Party was here but his deputy is here. There was a time I raised a concern in this House with regard to the position which was created called the “Head of Public Service.” We cannot vet Cabinet Secretaries and their boss is not vetted. I raised this concern and at that time the Leader of Majority Party did not see my point. He thought I had issues with Mr. Kinyua. He is my friend; we have interacted a lot with him when he was at the Treasury but I felt that, that position would require some kind of accountability. We need to have vetted that position in Parliament so that he can have some respect for Parliament. When he goes out there or recalls the Cabinet Secretaries because I am sure he is the one who has done it – I have no evidence but I am convinced and unless I am convinced otherwise, that is the position I hold, that he is the one who recalled the Cabinet Secretaries who had appeared before us here because I saw Mr. ole Lenku somewhere here. As I conclude, when we make appointments, we need to appoint people who have confidence. See what Mrs. Ngilu did. She has been a politician and she has confidence. She knows she can handle her docket very well. No one can threaten her. In fact no one can, as we say, bwogo her but when you bring someone like Mr. ole Lenku who thinks that it was a charity--- I think up to now he is not convinced that he is the Cabinet Secretary in charge of internal security. Such a person, if he receives a call from anybody purporting to have called from State House, even without knowing the voice, he would run away. So, that is the problem we have. Those who know and unfortunately those who know the Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Kaimenyi would also tell you a lot of stories. I worked with him at the University of Nairobi. Most of my colleagues were wondering how--- Anyway, I did not want to discuss him but with those many remarks, we need to stand our ground. Let us meet those Cabinet Secretaries we are going to meet but for the two Cabinet Secretaries, we need to invoke our rules of procedure. Now that they have failed to appear before us, we should invoke our rules of procedure. I can see the Chairman of TNA; in fact he would have done us justice if he went and reined in his Executive. He is the one whom they can listen. He can pretend that he spoke to the President even if he did not speak with him and give them some assurance so that they appear before us. Otherwise, for some of us they would not believe. Even if I tell them that I spoke with the President a few minutes ago, they would need to see it physically but for him, he can pretend that he spoke to the President. He should go and pretend that he spoke to the President and give them an assurance so that they appear here."
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