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    "id": 948009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 50,
        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "The approval of the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) by the House is an important aspect which you need to consider. The threshold that has been given to the functions of the Principal Secretary (PS) and the CS can never be compared to that, which is given to a CAS. The CSs and PSs are nominated by the President and approved by this House. That gives you the level at which you are placing the CSs and PSs. Therefore, I am of the view that, as much as Article 234(2) of the Constitution empowers the creation of offices in the Public Service, it does not attach an equal value in status to the CASs as it does for the CS and PS under Article 152 of the Constitution. This is a very fundamental question because Parliament should not act in vain. Article 95 of our Constitution says that the function of these Members of Parliament is to represent the interests of the people. We can only do that if the people who are vested with power constitutionally to deal with those questions are indeed the right people. We should be guided by Articles 152(2) and 234 of the Constitution in so far as creation of offices in the Public Service by the PSC and the attachment given to the respective positions of those three offices. I have no doubt that you will guide the House. We should not be seen as if Parliament is fighting the Executive. We are not doing so. This House has the responsibility of respecting the Constitution and to be guided by the Constitution in discharging our functions."
}