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    "content": "respond to the issues that are raised. They cannot, at any one point in time, fail to come. Each one of them will come here alone. Those who fail to come will then have to suffer the sanctions of that refusal on their own, including a possible removal process. Any Cabinet Secretary who does not come would be risking a removal process. Hon. Speaker, allow me to differ with some of my colleagues in this House. I am one of those people who believe that having technocrats as Cabinet Secretaries is the best for our country. I would not favour a return to a situation when we had Ministers and Assistant Ministers who were politicians. I like the fact that the 349 of us here are members of equal rank. It will be sad to return some members of a senior rank here and then we have all manner of issues with senior colleagues who are in Cabinet and those who are not in Cabinet. Again, every time the President is appointing a Cabinet all of us become enemies of each other and everybody is waiting to be appointed or sending delegations. Some even part with some money and all manner of practices would go on to get Cabinet slots. It is good that we do not have that practice. It is good that those of us who are elected as Members of Parliament do serve as Members of Parliament. These technocratic Ministers, what they can do for everybody in this country is prove that, indeed, the Constitution is right. How do they do that? It is by taking their functions very seriously and by showing everybody that having a Cabinet Secretary who looks at health matters from morning to evening"
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