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    "id": 823086,
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    "speaker_name": "Kandara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "I agree with those who are saying that, clearly, we need to be managed by people you can exchange and interact with at the same level or in a manner that you feel you are not prying into persons that are not supposed to be offering services. I have made calls to be provided with seats. There is a selective manner of putting chairs in offices. Why do we not have processes that automatically know that Member No.1 from this constituency has been given a desk? Why should it be me or my personal assistant calling when they know we have 349 Members and there are 349 offices? When they are replacing desks, they should know the kind of desks they are bringing in, so that one does not beg. There are no processes in securing or getting these things because we are not involved in the securing. Once they are secured, why can there not be an orderly manner or way of providing paper, desks and cleaning services? Why is it not clear as to who is supposed to clean? Even communication is not there. I do not want to go to catering because maybe I should be missing some meals. You know the challenge that is there and the approach. I wonder why we cannot outsource some of these facilities. I do not think the work of Parliament is to provide catering services. I would vouch for outsourcing catering services for this National Assembly, so that we also empower other people who have the skills, knowledge and experience to provide some of the services. Then, the mix up is too much. Sometimes there is no sitting place for Members in the dining hall. I do not know whether it is us who are on the wrong because every person brings five or 10 people into the Members’ Lounge. We need order in the National Assembly and in Parliament as a whole. The way we are going, you will find a broom on the corridors of Parliament or on the walk path to the Chamber. I think we need to style up. The Committee has a big challenge and a big role to play. We must not look down upon this particular Committee. We need to empower it and allow the Committee to go for benchmarking. I am happy to support this Report, but we also do not want it to be another Report or another benchmarking trip and next time they tell us they are going to China and there is no improvement of the services. We want to see the comparable they found there so that next time, we can go through their Report and support. I support."
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