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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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    "content": "answer any question concerning a matter for which the CS is responsible. That is the job of the CS and nobody else. So, whether somebody else can purport to represent the CS or to say that the CS is sick, is what you are being asked to rule on, Hon. Speaker. This is not a delegatable function. This is not a function that a CS can delegate and say: “So and so go and read this.” I was in that Committee in the morning where the Hon. Member raised the issue and someone was pointing to the fact that the CS has already signed the answer and, therefore, anybody can read it for us. The requirement is for the CS to appear before the Committee. This is not a role he can delegate. The role of Parliament in overseeing the Executive is so important that you cannot allow anybody to willingly decide who is going to represent the Executive. This is how Parliament works; that we approve CSs and PSs and they are the only ones that are responsible to us and they are the only ones who can take responsibility."
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