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    "id": 944503,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/944503/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, in summary, without excusing CSs from their constitutional responsibility, the House must, therefore, consider a workable alternative that allows it to obtain relevant, timely and actionable information from Ministries to enable it discharge its mandate. Such information may be presented either by the Cabinet Secretary in person, or in exceptional circumstances and for good reason, presented on his or her behalf by a person of suitable rank expressly mandated to do so in writing. This, in my opinion, should settle the first issue for determination. Therefore, CSs who are not able to attend must, in writing, designate the persons, not below the rank of Principal Secretaries (PSs), the responsibility to represent them before committees Hon. Members, the second issue that the Member for Kimilili invited the Speaker to guide on is: “Whether the establishment of the Offices of Chief Administrative Secretaries and subsequent appointment of holder of those Offices offends the Constitution or in any way affects the transaction of business of the House in our committees” On this matter, I hasten to draw the attention of the House that, following the creation of the position of Chief Administrative Secretaries, two petitions were filed with the High Court challenging the creation of those positions on constitutional grounds. These are the Nairobi High Court Constitutional Petition No.33 of 2018 as consolidated with Petition No.42 of 2018, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti and Kenya Human Rights Commission vs Speaker of the National Assembly and 74 others. I do not know where those others are."
}