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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a matter of great importance to this House. Last week, you ordered that my Committee meet the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Agriculture on the issue of locusts. We summoned the CS, and he has snubbed the invitation of the Committee twice. The Speaker ordered that the CS appears before the Committee yesterday at 9.00 a.m., but he wrote back to the Clerk and excused himself, saying that the visiting German President was in the country and that his presence was required. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, instead of asking for another convenient date, I could not believe my eyes when the CS suggested that he will meet this House at three o’clock today, when we are in session. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know how to place that kind of a Statement, because I think that is total disregard of this House. Given the fact that this menace is still with us, as locusts are all over the country now, and Kenyans do not know what they are waiting for or what the Government is doing, my Committee is poised to start field visits throughout the country this Thursday to assess the destruction and the damage instigated by the locusts, and talk to Kenyans to see what can be done. Therefore, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we think that we need to meet the CS before we undertake the field trips; so, we are now appealing to the Chair again. Last week, somebody asked that the Chair should start ‘biting;’ so, I am now requesting the Chair to sharpen the teeth and bite. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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