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    "id": 824936,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "As I was saying, when the Cabinet Secretaries started appearing before departmental committees to respond to questions sometimes, and most importantly the statements that were created in the 11th Parliament to close the gap that existed, there was reduced visibility, late replies and inadequate control of the process by committees. This has been cited as part of the reason there has been a decline of interest in statements and even in the questions that were done before. During a meeting held on 4th June 2018, the HBC deliberated on the need to allow the return of Question Time in the House to address the decline of Members’ interest in the current format of questions. Consequently, the Committee recommended that the Procedure and House Rules Committee considers the proposed appropriate amendments to the Standing Orders to re- introduce Question Time in the House in order to, among other things, make Question Time more pronounced, make more use of the plenary in comparison to the current process and give effect to the provisions of Section 95(2) of the Constitution, which requires the House to deliberate issues that concern the people."
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