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    "id": 824995,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/824995/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "House when you were the Speaker in the 11th Parliament, some of us behave well now because of the way we were trained in the last Parliament. When we came here as junior Members, we had decorum and dignity. Now the House looks like people do not follow procedure and traditions. At one time, when I stood up without your permission, you told me: “Can you sit down? I do not know how you arrived here. You think this is Suna market? Sit down!” From that day, I never stood up again without being given permission. That is the kind of training we underwent. Now, the Member for Kiharu walks in, after taking lunch of ugali and nyama choma, and says: “ Leo iko stori gani hapa ?” in the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. You said this Floor is sacred. Again, he is on phone. Look at that. The Member I am talking about is on phone. He is demeaning the status of this House. We are not going to allow this kind of behaviour to destroy the image of this House. Lastly, CSs must know that they are accountable to the people of Kenya, through this House. They should not feel threatened or disturbed when they are required to appear before this House to attend to issues of importance to the people of Kenya. This is where matters of concern to Kenyans are discussed. Not in the Executive or the Judiciary. The amendment we are doing today will go a long way in making sure that the people of Kenya have given this House the mandate to make sure that public officers are accountable for public finances and all kinds of things that they do. Lastly, I suggest that this amendment should lead to a constitutional change. It is high time we stopped living in denial. Cabinet Secretaries must come back to this House. That constitutional amendment and the referendum that my leader speaks about all the time must happen. We do not need to hide behind parties. Constitutions are made for the people. It is not the people that are made for the Constitution."
}