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    "id": 851201,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851201/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ayub Angatia",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2153,
        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
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    "content": "There is an issue concerning a road in Lugari. This is the Turbo-Kendu Road. It was advertised in 2016 and was awarded in 2017. Up to now, nothing has happened. I asked that Question in the last Session and it was partly answered. I asked a similar Question in this Session and it has not been answered at the moment. These Cabinet Secretaries need to take their jobs seriously and answer us. It is in the Standing Orders. Alternatively, we can amend the Constitution and appoint Members of Parliament as Cabinet Secretaries so that they can answer Questions on this Floor. That is the way to go. We should amend the Constitution and bring the Cabinet Secretaries back here so that we satisfactorily run the affairs of this Parliament. At the Committee level, when we ask for information, the feedback gets distorted in the middle. The best solution is that we start the process of amending the Constitution and stipulate that Cabinet Secretaries should appear in this House so that we effectively discharge our duties. Our way of operation in the 11th and 12th Parliaments is a disservice to Kenyans. We are just joking. At Committee level, Cabinet Secretaries give excuses. Today, he or she will say that the President summoned him or her and yesterday, he or she had an international visitor. He will say that tomorrow he will be travelling out of the country. They do not take matters of Parliament seriously. I hope the Leader of the Majority Party will tell them. This time round, we will confront them. They must obey this House. Duale, you should deliver that report. We are serious on this matter. This is from a former jailbird. 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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