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    "id": 824976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "When ministers were sitting in this Parliament, it was very easy to interact with them. One time a lady from my constituency; an education officer, had a problem because she was being victimised for a mistake that was not really hers. I simply walked across to the late Hon. Mutula Kilonzo, who was the Minister for Education then and within minutes, my issue was addressed. I think that is something we should look into seriously. Through Question Time, you can have a project done in your constituency. I remember the road from Rodi Kopany to Sori had a lot of potholes. It was in bad state. Because Ojode, being an assistant minister, could not ask questions, he asked me to ask a question on that road on his behalf. Based on that question, the road was re-carpeted. That road is now in motorable condition courtesy of Question Time. This is something we need to support. We should allow Members to raise questions on the Floor of the House so that their constituents can follow. They can even ask him what he has done so far about a question asked on our behalf. Finally, I want to talk fundamentally on the issue of our Standing Orders. We need to look at them and where there are weaknesses to address them holistically. I have been in this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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