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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It pains me that a Member of this House standing in for his Chairman of the Committee can plead to the House that they do not know what to do. I am shocked. I am shocked because the rules are very clear. I expect if nobody else in that Committee knows what to do, the Chairman to know what to do. What Hon. Wamalwa has said is exactly what he should be doing. Hon. Speaker, I sit with you in the House Rules and Procedure Committee. When we were working on the latest revised Standing Orders, we took into consideration the fact that certain times Cabinet Secretaries may be too busy and we said who, with authority can be sent to committees, if they are not able to come on their own. We said the position of Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) is not recognised in law, but Principal Secretary is recognised. The revised Standing Orders say specifically that if the Cabinet Secretary is not able to come, then an officer not less than the rank of a Principal Secretary can attend on his behalf. Are we assuming that that Committee is not aware of these provisions? We must be serious. When Hon. Wamalwa says that Dr. Matiang’i is not a super Minister, he is always on television saying that Dr. Matiang’i is a super Minister as if we should worship him. I do not believe we should. I agree with Hon. Wamalwa for once that this House needs to impeach one Cabinet Secretary. Let us stamp our foot down and say this is the House that is supreme. Thank you."
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