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    "id": 76249,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M’Mithiaru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 72,
        "legal_name": "Ntoitha M'mithiaru",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to congratulate our hon. Members who have been representing us in the PAP. Every time they go for a sitting, they have always had their Report tabled in Parliament. Even when Members of Parliament attend conferences, other bodies like the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) or the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), reports are always tabled in Parliament. However, we have had delegations out of this country, led by Members of the Cabinet. We do not even know what they discuss in those meetings, or even though they handle important issues for the country. They also sign protocols on behalf of the country. They even go and commit the country out there and when they come back, we do not even know what they actually did. So, I would urge that whenever Members of the Cabinet go out there and commit the country, they must give reports on what they went out there to do. A case in point is when there was a meeting in China about a month ago; it was about tourism export. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand that the issues discussed there, including how Kenya became a dwarf in terms of participation despite our might in tourism--- We did not get a report on what the Minister went to do there. If we did, next time there is participation from our country, we must prepare ourselves to know as Members of Parliament, even how to challenge the Minister on that score. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another case in point was in New York this year when the Minister went to represent the country about Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). All the countries of the world undertook to renew their commitments. But coming back to the country, we do not even know what transpired up there. Parliament wants to know what really happened. So, mine is to urge even Members of the"
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