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    "id": 809186,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809186/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Ng’ongo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Listening to Jared Okello, it leaves no doubt that English is made and brewed in this country. On a serious note, on this matter of a Cabinet Secretary having been notified…We have defined that we would not give less than seven days’ notice to the Cabinet Secretary. That is for a purpose. It is also expected that any Cabinet Secretary who may not for whatever reason, be able to present himself or appear before Parliament to answer questions, should give even three or two days’ notice so that a Member should not move all the way from western Kenya. I am sure Hon. Martha, being a politician; you must have spent quite a bit of money to bring those people here. If you did not spend, those poor people did. In fact, it would have been better if you spent. Now that you are indicating that you did not spend, to me, it is more painful to the pockets of those people who came all the way from near Nakuru to Nairobi. We need the House Rules and Procedures Committee to define the minimum number of days or whatever period is appropriate so that, if we do not receive official communication from Cabinet Secretary asking for extension of time, then we would treat that Cabinet Secretary as uncooperative and probably declare them hostile and appropriate action is taken. A message needs to go the Cabinet Secretaries and more particularly, Hon. Matiang’i that, even as he does whatever he considers to be good work out there, we expect him to be accountable to the people of Kenya. I wonder why he did not ask us for extension of time when he was being vetted. This is probably the mistake we did. All those Cabinet Secretaries should have gone through vetting again."
}