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    "id": 948025,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Article 132 of the Constitution gives power to the President, read together with the powers given to the Public Service Commission, to establish offices, but such offices are not state offices. The people you are referring to as Chief Administrative Secretaries are supposed to deal with administrative matters. As a matter of principle, the point raised by Hon. Barasa is one of accountability to Parliament. You need to know who should appear before you. Otherwise, all manner of people will appear before you and tell you that they are responding while they read out some answers. Unlike the former Constitution which made reference to Cabinet Ministers and Assistant Ministers, the current Constitution does not have a definition of a person below a Cabinet Secretary. Of course, even Cabinet Secretaries have complained that in certain international fora they attend, they are sometimes locked out and told that it is only ministers who are allowed to get in. They say they are Cabinet Secretaries, but they are told that all secretaries should wait outside. So, it has become a problem for Kenyan Cabinet Secretaries. By using the term “Cabinet Secretary”, Kenyans thought they were being innovative. Our Cabinet Secretaries are told that they are not allowed to attend certain fora, but only ministers are allowed. It takes them time to explain that Cabinet Secretary also means minister in Kenya. They are told that, maybe, they may need to go with a dictionary. Sometimes, they suffer a lot of embarrassment."
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