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    "id": 948039,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948039/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
        "slug": "janet-marania-teyiaa"
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    "content": "I was saying that the problem is not the official written answer signed by the Cabinet Secretary; the problem is the many questions for clarification that come after the official answer has been read. You find that most of the Chief Administrative Secretaries are not in a position to make decisions. Actually, many of them have said before Parliament that they are unable to answer some questions. The Committee has to take the questions back to another day. That is one issue that needs to be noted. Two, if we open it just like that, many of the Cabinet Secretaries will be taking advantage and start sending the CASs to appear before Parliament and yet, they do not give them the authority to make final decisions or speak with finality to the Committee. Therefore, in your ruling, consider that should a Cabinet Secretary send the CAS before Parliament, then what the CAS will be telling the Committee will be binding. In that case, the Cabinet Secretary will be in a position to decide whether to come or send the CAS. Otherwise, I am of the view that we should not demean them as it has been said. Not everyone who is a CAS has vied and lost an election. Some are very qualified professionals. Even the politicians who lost are very qualified. Some have been Principal Secretaries and Cabinet Ministers before. So, they are qualified. It is a recognised position. The other problem is their ranking. I do not think in the Executive, there is an agreement that the CAS is in between the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary. If that is the position and is fully agreed and affirmed to, then CASs will be in a position to make decisions with finality. Thank you."
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