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    "id": 1011277,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong'i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are always considerate. In our next life, you will be my president. We need to empower ladies. The Bible is very clear that if you cannot be trusted with small things, you cannot be trusted with bigger things. You have been trusted with this and you have been fair in your judgement. Right now, you have been fair to me and to the country. As I wind up, I want to emphasise the point that it is important we make the law. But as we make the law, it is not right to say that somebody should not act for more than six months. There are many reasons why one would act for more than six months. There are cases of sickness. You may be involved in an accident or you may suffer from normal ailment and you are in hospital for more than six months. Are you then going to lose your opportunity just because the law says that after six months, somebody must take over? That would be unfair. It is against human rights. We need to have exceptions. That is why I am persuaded that this is more of a management strategy than having the provision in law. If you get a president and a parliament which will not be supportive, it will be very complicated to change the provision. I support, but I would wish we engage a lot more especially on the acting aspect. People act for different reasons. We all could be potential beneficiaries of that acting clause. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I support and thank my friend for bringing this Bill to the House."
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