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    "id": 947683,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I confirm that Hon. Barasa is a Member of that Committee. I agree with you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, that he has a right to ask for a Statement from the Floor even though he would have gained more by raising the same matter in the Committee. He is one of the Members who question the Cabinet Secretary on a regular basis compared to the rest of us who might be seeing him from television screens. However, you must also realise that if you look at all the Questions which are being raised on the Floor of the House, over 50 per cent are related to security. So, there is a long queue in terms of Questions. At times, it is something we might need to discuss as a House because this particular Cabinet Secretary is still coordinating all Government development projects. So, you can imagine the kind of workload he has. I know at times Members are not very comfortable when it comes to getting answers from the so-called Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs). So, at times we are in that dilemma that you want the Cabinet Secretary to come. Sometimes he is summoned and we have a meeting with other Cabinet Secretaries and this puts the Committee in a tricky situation. This is something we might have to discuss whether we could allow CASs to answer Questions, but Members sometimes demand that the Cabinet Secretary must be there. That is my input."
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