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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "The other important thing is that when we summon Cabinet Secretaries to come before the Committee when you know very well that some of them do not have a background in politics - I am not surprised that some changed course - they will require a lot of assurances for them to do it. It is no wonder that the one who managed to come and face this House happened to have been a former Member of Parliament, which means she can withstand the heat but for the others and this is not inferring that they have issues of credibility of competence, it is by virtue that they know they are coming to meet people who are basically politicians and who may possibly pull surprises. So, we need to appreciate that there is a level of intimidation that would apply at the Committee level. All those are our institutions of the new Constitution and we would be saying that we should interrogate all of them and be willing to run. I do not share the thinking that it is unconstitutional to go the Committee on General Oversight direction. My concern is about its long term effectiveness in overseeing the Executive on a narrow window of the overall Committee of Parliament because the new system recognizes that the Committee should be the focal point to oversee all those Cabinet Secretaries. In the course of time, if they improve and prove themselves effectively, they may attract the kind of publicity the Committee on General Oversight may attract."
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