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    "id": 988496,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Leader of Majority",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate Sen. Khaniri for his Statement. He always comes up with very innovative, timely and topical Statements. This is a very important Statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also agree with you that it marries with the work that Sen. Sakaja’s Committee is doing. Therefore, we have a responsibility as a House to ensure that we look at the proposals that have been given by the Committee to see what are some of the proposals that we can pass as Parliament and ensure that we follow through for implementation by the executive. I have said and I want to repeat here that the reason why the drafters of our Constitution and the people of Kenya gave themselves a Constitution that has many institutions, was because that there was a realisation that no arm of Government can govern on its own and no single individual can do everything on his own. At this point, it was timely that we made a deliberate decision to continue meeting as Parliament because the people of Kenya expect that we be part and parcel of the oversight team. Granted that we have praised our former colleague, CS Mutahi Kagwe, for the work he has been doing, but I have seen that the patience is running out from the people of Kenya and they want something more than updates. They want greater accountability. They want something greater than an update on numbers. They want an update on what is being done to flatten the curve and more importantly, to cushion the people who are suffering economically. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for us and the committees that are working here to continuing conveying the information to the public and making sure the Executive is more accountable. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, they say the importance of public participation in Article 10 of our Constitution is that you can do many good things to people. However, if they are not part of that deal, they may either feel that you are not doing the right thing or you may end up doing the wrong thing because you are not a monopoly of knowledge. I urge the Executive to involve the public more in the process. When you see the conversation around the Kshs40 billion which has already been spent. This money came from the CS for the National Treasury and Planning. You can fault the newspapers for reporting in different versions. However, the Executive, in their anxiety to show that they are doing something, shocked the country with the kind of figures they communicated. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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