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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have an interest in that particular matter. We are also affected in Nandi County because of this industrial action by the tea pickers. However, before the Committee seeks your support or indulgence of the Speaker’s Office, sometimes as Committees, we take for granted some of the powers that are given to us. If you look at Article 125, some of these Ministries are not doing their job. The Members can engage the provisions of the Constitution to summon them. Before we appeal for your administrative powers in order to help us sort out some of these things, committees must exhaust the powers given to them. One such power is under Article 125 of the Constitution. We can even bring a censure Motion against some of these Cabinet Secretaries. So, it is still incumbent upon us, as committees in this House, to take seriously our responsibilities and escalate that to the levels allowed to us by the Constitution. We can only appeal to you as a measure of last resort."
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