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    "id": 638101,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/638101/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anyango",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 130,
        "legal_name": "Dalmas Anyango Otieno",
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    "content": "originally from the Members themselves, instead of waiting for the HANSARD or any other communication from Parliament. Apparently, this process worked briefly and only used to work when the Ministers came here to answer Questions. Now, the presidential system which we have has weakened the inter- governmental relations, particularly between Parliament and the Executive. In fact, a number of Committee Chairmen tend to pretend in this House that they are part of the Executive and that what they hear, they would communicate to the Executive. They are also at the mercy of Principal Secretaries (PSs) and other Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) who may choose to listen to them or even mislead them. They keep pretending before the House that they are representing the Executive and yet, we know they are not. My appeal is that Parliament should develop a more formal mechanism of departments on whose functional areas Parliament is debating on any particular day. The relevant liaison officers from that department should attend Parliament so that they hear from us our sentiments and then commit to commence the policy formulation process so that when we come to implementation, we should find that they have already commenced some action on the issues which Parliament regards as important and should be prioritized. Thank you."
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